Oblique
English Meaning
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined.
- Mathematics Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.
- Botany Having sides of unequal length or form: an oblique leaf.
- Anatomy Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal: oblique muscles or ligaments.
- Indirect or evasive: oblique political maneuvers.
- Devious, misleading, or dishonest: gave oblique answers to the questions.
- Not direct in descent; collateral.
- Grammar Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative.
- An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.
- Nautical The act of changing course by less than 90°.
- At an angle of 45°.