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Meaning of oblique

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  oblique
      adj 1: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--
             neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the
             oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles
             are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not
             perpendicular to its base" [ant: {parallel},
             {perpendicular}]
      2: indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way;
         misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave
         oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political
         maneuvers" [syn: {devious}, {oblique}]
      n 1: any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn:
           {oblique}, {oblique case}] [ant: {nominative}, {nominative
           case}, {subject case}]
      2: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the
         torso [syn: {external oblique muscle}, {musculus obliquus
         externus abdominis}, {abdominal external oblique muscle},
         {oblique}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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