oblique – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
oblique
adj.
diagonal; inclined, sloping; indirect; of an angle which is not a right angle (Geometry); of a leaf not having symmetrical sides (Botany); of a case which is not nominative or vocative, not being subject (Grammar)
adv.
(Military term) at an angle of 45 degrees
v.
change direction in an oblique manner, change direction diagonally; (Military) advance at a 45 degrees angle in a military formation
n.
something diagonal; an angle which is not a right angle (Geometry); a leaf not having symmetrical sides (Botany); a case which is not nominative or vocative (Grammar)
Oblique
Oblique may refer to:
- an alternative name for the character usually called a slash (punctuation) ( / )
- Oblique angle, in geometry
- Oblique triangle, in geometry
- Oblique leaf base, a characteristic shape of the base of a leaf
- Oblique angle, a synonym for Dutch angle, a cinematographic technique
- Oblique (album), by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson
- Oblique (film), a 2008 Norwegian film
- Oblique banded rattail, a fish also known as a rough-head whiptail
- Oblique case, in linguistics
- Oblique argument, in linguistics
- Oblique correction, in particle physics
- Oblique motion, in music
- Oblique order, a military formation
- Oblique projection, in geometry and drawing, including cavalier and cabinet projection
- Oblique reflection, in Euclidean geometry
- Oblique shock, in gas dynamics
- Oblique type, in typography
- Oblique wing, in aircraft design
- Oblique icebreaker, a special type of icegoing ship
- Oblique muscle, any of several in the human body
oblique
Noun
1. any grammatical case other than the nominative
(synonym) oblique case
(antonym) nominative, nominative case, subject case
(hypernym) case, grammatical case
(hyponym) accusative, accusative case, objective case
2. a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
(synonym) external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle
(hypernym) abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab
Adjective
1. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
(antonym) parallel
(similar) bias
(see-also) convergent
2. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"
(synonym) devious
(similar) indirect
oblique
adj.
oblique, sidelong, sideways; skew, slantwise
oblique
nf.
oblique
obliquer
v.
skew, veer off
obliquo
adj.
oblique, slanting, devious, askew, wry, cross, sidelong, sideward, indirect; underhand, sly
