Definizione monolingua

oblique

oblique (third-person singular simple present obliques, present participle obliquing, simple past and past participle obliqued)

1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
   • Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.
2. (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.

oblique (plural obliques)

1. (geometry) An oblique line.
2. The punctuation sign ""/""
3. (grammar) The oblique case.

oblique (comparative more oblique, superlative most oblique)

1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
   • It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. - Cheyne.
2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
   • The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. - Drayton.
   • This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. - De Quincey.
   • Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. / That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. - Wordworth.
3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
   • His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. - Baker.
4. (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.

Definizione dizionario oblique

	obliquo
	Né perpendicolare né parallelo.
	Neither perpendicular nor parallel.

diagonale

inclinato

indiretto

sbieco

storto

subdolo

traverso

Altri significati:

Not expressed directly, by opposition to the accepted or proper way.

Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

(geometry) An oblique line.

(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.

The punctuation sign "/"

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

Describing a style of text created by slanting a roman font to simulate italics when a true italic font isn't available on the computer or printer.

(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by '''oblique''' steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.

(grammar) The oblique case.

Not straightforward