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oblique angle

noun

  1. an angle that is not a right angle; an acute or obtuse angle.


oblique angle

noun

  1. an angle that is not a right angle or any multiple of a right angle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • o·blique-angled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oblique angle1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences

It frequently happens that the dip-head level intersects the cutters in its progress at a very oblique angle.

Now one hand is laid upon the hip while the other is extended upward and at an oblique angle from the shoulder.

The openings pierced the wall at an oblique angle, as shown on the plan.

So he walked unconcernedly along at an oblique angle to the sheep and never once taking a direct look at him.

The machine coasts down at an oblique angle to the ground, and after sliding 50 or 100 feet, comes to rest.

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