obliquity

Roget-categorie 217

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#217. Obliquity

zelfstandig naamwoord

obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj. — slopeness^† — leaning etc. v. — bevel, tilt — bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch — distortion etc. 243 — bend etc. (curve) 245 — tower of Pisa.
acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^† — gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent — shelving beach — talus — monagne Russe [Fr.] — facilis descensus averni [Lat.].

werkwoord

intersect — lack parallelism.

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