obliquity

o·bliq·ui·ty  (-blkw-t, -blk-)

n. pl. o·bliq·ui·ties

1. The quality or condition of being oblique.

2.

a. A deviation from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction.

b. The angle or extent of such a deviation.

3.

a. A mental deviation or aberration.

b. Immoral conduct.

4.

a. Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral" (Anatole Broyard).

b. An obscure statement.

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o·bliqui·tous adj.

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obliquity [əˈblɪkwɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the state or condition of being oblique

2. a deviation from the perpendicular or horizontal

3. a moral or mental deviation

4. (Astronomy) Also called obliquity of the ecliptic Astronomy the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the celestial equator, equal to approximately 23° 27′ at present

obliquitous  adj

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obliquity

the inclination of the earth’s equator or the angle between the plane of the earth’s orbit and the plane of the equator (23°27’). Also called obliquity of the ecliptic. See also 133. EARTH. — obliquitous, adj.

See also: Astronomy

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the inclination of the earth’s equator or the angle between the plane of the earth’s orbit and the plane of the equator (23°27″). See also astronomy. Also called obliquity of the ecliptic. — obliquitous, adj.

See also: Earth

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The characteristic in wide-angle or oblique photography that portrays the terrain and objects at such an angle and range that details necessary for interpretation are seriously masked or are at a very small scale, rendering interpretation difficult or impossible.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle asynclitism childbed, confinement, lying-in, parturiency, travail, labour, labor - concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
	2.	obliquity - the quality of being deceptive deceptiveness dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest meretriciousness, speciousness - an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"