Any view that is not straight down or not horizontal (level) Generally, any view that is more that 10 degrees off vertical or horizontal Typically a view looking down at 35 to 55 degrees below the horizon
If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand. Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action. = indirect + obliquely oblique·ly He obliquely referred to the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia. = indirectly
A slanted style of a font, generally used for emphasis Oblique differs from Italic in that the transformation from the plain to the slanted form involves just skewing the letterforms
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"
any grammatical case other than the nominative slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base
An oblique line is a straight line that is not horizontal or vertical. An oblique angle is any angle other than a right angle. It lies between the plain and the sea at an oblique angle to the coastline. + obliquely oblique·ly This muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity. a mark ( / ) used for writing fractions or for separating numbers, letters, words etc = slash
A slanting version of a face Oblique is similar to italic, but without the script quality of a true italic The upright faces are usually referred to as roman
To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; - formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half- facing either to the right or left
{s} diagonal; inclined, sloping; indirect; of an angle which is not a right angle (Geometry); of a leaf not having symmetrical sides (Botany); of a case which is not nominative or vocative, not being subject (Grammar)