OBLIQUE, in Geometry, something asslant, or that deviates from the perpendicular. Thus an oblique angle is either an acute or obtuse one, i. e. any angle except a right one.
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OBLIQUE, in Geometry, something asslant, or that deviates from the perpendicular. Thus an oblique angle is either an acute or obtuse one, i. e. any angle except a right one.