pertaining to leaf shape. lopsided. with one side larger than the other.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
oblique (adjective)1.
a) neither perpendicular nor parallel - inclined
b) having the not perpendicular to the base - axis an oblique cone
c) having no right angle - an oblique triangle
2.
a) not straightforward - indirect , also - obscure
b) - devious underhanded
3.
situated at an angle and having one end not inserted on bone - oblique muscles
4.
taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward - an oblique photograph
1.
something (as a line) that is oblique
2.
any of several oblique muscles , especially any of the thin flat muscles forming the middle and outer layers of the lateral walls of the abdomen
at a 45 degree angle - to the right oblique, march
oblique (Wikipedia)
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Oblique may refer to:
- an alternative name for the character usually called a slash (punctuation) ( / )
- Oblique angle, in geometry
- Oblique triangle, in geometry
- Oblique leaf base, a characteristic shape of the base of a leaf
- Oblique angle, a synonym for Dutch angle, a cinematographic technique
- Oblique (album), by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson
- Oblique (film), a 2008 Norwegian film
- Oblique (Vasarely), a 1966 collage, by Victor Vasarely
- Oblique banded rattail, a fish also known as a rough-head whiptail
- Oblique case, in linguistics
- Oblique argument, in linguistics
- Oblique correction, in particle physics
- Oblique motion, in music
- Oblique order, a military formation
- Oblique projection, in geometry and drawing, including cavalier and cabinet projection
- Oblique reflection, in Euclidean geometry
- Oblique shock, in gas dynamics
- Oblique type, in typography
- Oblique wing, in aircraft design
- Oblique icebreaker, a special type of icegoing ship
- Oblique muscle, any of several in the human body