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o·blique (-blk, -blk)
adj.
Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal.
oblique
[əblēk′]
Etymology: L, obliquus, slanted
a slanting direction or any variation from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
oblique [o-blēk´]
slanting; inclined.
oblique
slanting; inclined.
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