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oblique
o·blique / əˈblēk; ōˈblēk/ • adj. 1. neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting: we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace. ∎ not explicit or direct in addressing a point: he issued an oblique attack on the president. ∎ Geom. (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle. ∎ Geom. (of an angle) acute or obtuse. ∎ Geom. (of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base. ∎ Anat. (esp. of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb. 2. Gram. denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative. • n. 1. a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb. 2. Brit. another term for slash1 (sense 2). DERIVATIVES: o·blique·ly adv. o·blique·ness n. o·bliq·ui·ty / əˈblikwətē/ n. |
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"oblique." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "oblique." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-oblique.html "oblique." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-oblique.html |
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OBLIQUE
OBLIQUE, also diagonal, oblique dash, oblique stroke, slash, solidus, virgule. The PUNCTUATION MARK (/), a forward-sloping line used in writing and printing. The device has six main uses: (1) To indicate vulgar fractions (23/24 for twenty-three twenty fourths) and ratios (miles/hour for miles per hour). (2) As part of certain abbreviations and related symbols, such as c/o care of, i/c in charge, and the percentage sign %. (3) To mark the ends of lines of poetry when set in a prose text (as in Tyger Tyger, burning bright / In the forests of the night). (4) To unite alternatives as in and/or, colour/color, his/her, and s/he (for ‘she or he’). (5) To indicate routes, as in London/New York/San Francisco. (6) In PHONETICS, to mark off phonemic transcription, as in /wik/, denoting the pronunciation of the words week and weak. The reverse oblique (\), is known as a back-slash.
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TOM McARTHUR. "OBLIQUE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "OBLIQUE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-OBLIQUE.html TOM McARTHUR. "OBLIQUE." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-OBLIQUE.html |
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oblique
oblique having a slanting or sloping direction XV; (gram.) XVI. — (O)F. — L. oblīquus, f. OB- + obscure el.
So obliquity divergence from moral rectitude XV; oblique direction XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "oblique." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "oblique." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-oblique.html T. F. HOAD. "oblique." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-oblique.html |
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oblique
oblique adj. neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting.
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"oblique." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "oblique." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-oblique.html "oblique." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-oblique.html |
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oblique
oblique •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak
•stickybeak • grosbeak • houseleek
•forepeak • technospeak • newspeak
•doublespeak • hairstreak • tugrik
•fenugreek • Realpolitik • Ostpolitik
•pipsqueak • workweek
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"oblique." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "oblique." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-oblique.html "oblique." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-oblique.html |
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