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obliquity

N การ เอียง  obliqueness vertical kan-iang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBLIQUITY

n.[L. obliquitas.] 1. Deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; as the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
2. Deviation from moral rectitude.
To disobey God or oppose his will in any thing imports a moral obliquity.
3. Irregularity; deviation from ordinary rules.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBLIQUITY

Ob *liq "ui *ty, n.; pl. Obliquities. Etym: [L. obliquitas: cf. F.obliquité.]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey [God ]...imports a moral obliquity. South.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obliquity

ob liq ui ty /əblɪ́kwəti /名詞 U 1 傾き, 傾いていること, 傾斜 .2 〖the ～〗〘天 〙黄道傾斜 .3 (正しいことからの )逸脱, 邪 （よこしま ）.4 あいまいな言葉 [記述 ].