English Dictionary |
OBLIQUENESS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does obliqueness mean?
• OBLIQUENESS (noun)
The noun OBLIQUENESS has 2 senses:
1. the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
2. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
Familiarity information: OBLIQUENESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("obliqueness" is a kind of...):
spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)
Derivation:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
deviousness; obliqueness
Hypernyms ("obliqueness" is a kind of...):
indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
Derivation:
oblique (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Where there is plenty of water, it rains; where there is abundant heat, the sun shines." (Bhutanese proverb)
"A mouth that praises and a hand that kills." (Arabic proverb)
"Every guest is welcome for three days." (Croatian proverb)