Definition of obliquity Obliquity

ob•liq•ui•ty

We found 7 definitions of obliquity from 4 different sources.

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What does obliquity mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

obliquity - the quality of being deceptive
  deceptiveness
  dishonesty lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
  asynclitism
  abnormalcy, abnormality behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • obliquity (Noun)
    Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
  • obliquity (Noun)
    The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • obliquity (n.)
    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.
  • obliquity (n.)
    Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.

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