oblique section

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noun

a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.

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Words nearby oblique section

oblique fault, obliquely, oblique motion, oblique projection, oblique sailing, oblique section, oblique-slip fault, oblique triangle, obliquity, obliterate, obliteration

How to use oblique section in a sentence

A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His section on why he and his wife split—he essentially chose soccer over her—would be risky if its candor were not so refreshing.
Tim Howard’s Wall of Intensity|William O’Connor|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is a brutally honest section of the book about how you fell out of love with your wife, and essentially chose soccer.
Tim Howard’s Wall of Intensity|William O’Connor|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And then, on one recent morning, the train made a stop at a small station near an especially beautiful section of the river.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Manttan is keen to carry out research on that Burmese side of the railway as his father worked on that section.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
He made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Then he goes out, gits into his Pullman section, blows his punkin whistle and departs.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
Nearly all the translating words given in this section so far are synthetic.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The book is divided into sections, each section being called 'A Reason.'
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.