obliq·ui·ty /oˈblɪkwəti, ə-/
傾斜,交叉,傾角,不坦率,曖昧
obliq·ui·ty /oˈblɪkwətɪ, ə-/ 名詞
傾斜,斜度
Ob·liq·ui·ty, n.; pl. Obliquities
1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity. --South.
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obliquity
n 1: the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an
abnormal angle [syn: asynclitism]
2: the quality of being deceptive [syn: deceptiveness]