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Antonyms for obliquity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uh-blik-wi-tee, oh-blik- |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈblɪk wɪ ti, oʊˈblɪk- |
Definition of obliquity
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French obliquité (14c.), from Latin obliquitatem (nominative obliquitas) "slanting direction, obliquity," noun of quality from obliquus (see oblique).
- As in slope : noun slant, tilt
- As in folly : noun nonsense, ridiculous idea
- As in angle : noun shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
- As in grade : noun incline, slope
- The obliquity of vision of the European residents on all these points is extraordinary.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- I repeated, a little astonished by this obliquity in a man customarily so direct.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
- Periodic changes in the form and obliquity of the earth's orbit.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- Abbategnia decided the obliquity of the ecliptic to be 23 25.
- Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
- They found the length of the year, and calculated the obliquity of the ecliptic.
- Extract from : « Christianity and Modern Thought » by Various
- Chaucer says the obliquity of the ecliptic, according to Ptolemy, was 23 50′.
- Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer
- In short, is the horse to be thus dismissed into obliquity, so to speak?
- Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
- Variation in obliquity of the ecliptic; about 47″ in 100 years.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
- What utter heartlessness too, and what obliquity of moral vision does it exhibit.
- Extract from : « Discussion on American Slavery » by George Thompson
- It was then, my boy, that I discovered my error, and apologized for my obliquity of vision.
- Extract from : « The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 » by Robert H. Newell
Synonyms for obliquity
- abruptness
- absurdity
- acclivity
- ascent
- bank
- bend
- bevel
- bias
- cant
- climb
- corner
- craziness
- crook
- crotch
- cusp
- daftness
- declination
- decline
- declivity
- deflection
- descent
- deviation
- diagonal
- divergence
- dogleg
- dottiness
- downgrade
- dumb thing to do
- dumb trick
- edge
- elbow
- elevation
- embankment
- fatuity
- flare
- flection
- flexure
- foolishness
- fork
- gradient
- height
- hill
- idiocy
- imbecility
- impracticality
- imprudence
- inadvisability
- inanity
- inclination
- incline
- inclined plane
- indiscretion
- intersection
- irrationality
- knee
- lean
- leaning
- level
- lunacy
- madness
- nook
- notch
- obliqueness
- obliquity
- pitch
- plane
- point
- preposterousness
- ramp
- rashness
- recklessness
- rise
- rising ground
- senselessness
- shelf
- silliness
- skew
- slant
- steepness
- stupidity
- swag
- sway
- tangent
- tilt
- tip
- triviality
- turn
- turning
- twist
- unsoundness
- upgrade
- V
- vice
- witlessness
- Y
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