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

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

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"

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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.