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31oblique — (o bli k ) adj. 1° Qui n est pas droit ou perpendiculaire. • Il [Salomon] fit au temple des fenêtres obliques, SACI Bible, Rois, III, VI, 4. • Par les détours étroits d une barrière oblique, Ils gagnent les degrés et le perron antique,… …
32Oblique projection — This article discusses imaging of three dimensional objects. For an abstract mathematical discussion, see Projection (linear algebra) …
33Oblique shock — A small scale X 15 placed in a NASA supersonic wind tunnel produces an oblique shock wave at the nose of the model (along with other shocks). An oblique shock wave, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the incident upstream flow… …
34OBLIQUE — adj. des deux genres T. de Géométrie Qui s’écarte plus ou moins de la verticale. Ligne oblique. Plan oblique. Couper un cône par une section oblique. Les rayons du soleil sont plus obliques en hiver qu’en été. Par analogie, Il a le regard oblique …
35Oblique reflection — In Euclidean geometry, oblique reflections generalize ordinary reflections by not requiring that reflection be done using perpendiculars. If two points are oblique reflections of each other, they will still stay so under affine transformations.… …
36oblique fault — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …
37oblique — obliqueness, n. /euh bleek , oh bleek /; Mil. /euh bluyk , oh bluyk /, adj., adv., v., obliqued, obliquing, n. adj. 1. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping. 2. (of a solid) not having the axis… …
38Oblique angle — Angle An gle ([a^][ng] g l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. agky los bent, crooked, angular, a gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where …
39Oblique projection — Projection Pro*jec tion, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. [1913 Webster] 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. [1913… …
40oblique muscle — noun A muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles, applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball …
