not+oblique
61oblique triangle — noun a triangle that contains no right angle • Ant: ↑right triangle • Hypernyms: ↑triangle, ↑trigon, ↑trilateral * * * noun : a triangle that is not a right triangle * * * any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with …
62oblique coordinates — noun plural : Cartesian coordinates that are not rectangular * * * Math. a coordinate system in which the axes do not meet at right angles …
63oblique — adj. [L. ob, inverse; liquis, awry] Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular, or a particular horizontal direction, but not perpendicular to it …
64oblique circular cone — Geom. a cone whose surface is generated by lines joining a fixed point to the points of a circle, the fixed point lying on a line that is not perpendicular to the circle at its center. Cf. right circular cone. [‡1950 55] * * * …
65oblique coordinates — Math. a coordinate system in which the axes do not meet at right angles. * * * …
66oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle). * * * …
67oblique arch — noun An arch whose span is not at right angles to the face …
68oblique fire — noun fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at …
69oblique — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Slanting] Syn. inclined, inclining, diverging, leaning, sloping, angled, diagonal, cater cornered, kitty cornered, unperpendicular, unvertical, skew, askew, asymmetrical, turned, twisted, awry, strained, askance,… …
70oblique — adj 1. slanting, sloping, slated, inclined, tilted, atilt, listing, canting; diagonal, abaxial, pla gihedral, rhomboidal, eater cornered; All Geol. synclinal, anticlinal, anaclinal, cataclinal. 2. askew, skew, aslant, awry, wry, askant, askance,… …