not+oblique

  • 41oblique — o|blique1 [əˈbli:k] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: obliquus] 1.) not expressed in a direct way = ↑indirect ▪ an oblique reference to his drinking problem 2.) not looking, pointing etc directly at something ▪ an oblique glance 3.) oblique… …

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  • 42oblique angle — noun an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle • Ant: ↑right angle • Hypernyms: ↑angle • Hyponyms: ↑acute angle, ↑obtuse angle * * * noun : an acute or obtuse angle …

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  • 43oblique — [[t]oʊbli͟ːk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand. It was an oblique reference to his mother... Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning,… …

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  • 44oblique — o|blique [ ou blik ] adjective 1. ) not expressing something directly: an oblique reference to his past 2. ) not looking or pointing directly at someone or something: He was giving her oblique looks. 3. ) an oblique line is sloping 4. ) an… …

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  • 45oblique — 1 adjective 1 not expressed in a direct way: oblique references to his drinking problems 2 not looking or pointing directly at something: an oblique glance 3 oblique line/stroke etc a sloping line etc 4 oblique angle technical an angle that is… …

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  • 46oblique — UK [əˈbliːk] / US [oʊˈblɪk] adjective 1) not expressing something directly an oblique reference to the war 2) not looking or pointing directly at someone or something He was giving her oblique looks. 3) maths an oblique line is sloping 4) maths… …

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  • 47oblique — Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular, horizontal, sagittal, or coronal plane of the body. In radiography, a projection that is neither frontal nor lateral. [L. obliquus] * * * oblique ō blēk, ə , blīk adj 1) ne …

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  • 48oblique — 1. adjective a) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. b) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. 2. noun a) An oblique line. b) …

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  • 49oblique — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a slanting; declining from the vertical or horizontal. b diverging from a straight line or course. 2 not going straight to the point; roundabout, indirect. 3 Geom. a (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other… …

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  • 50Oblique correction — In particle physics, an oblique correction refers to a particular type of radiative correction to the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. Oblique corrections are defined in four fermion scattering processes, (e+  + e−… …

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