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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIQUITIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIQUITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obliquities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBLIQUITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

obliquities

Axial tilt

In astronomy, axial tilt, known to astronomers as obliquity, is the angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis, or, equivalently, the angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane. It differs from orbital inclination.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIQUITIES

obliquation
oblique
oblique angle
oblique fault
oblique sailing
oblique zenithal
oblique-slip fault
obliquely
obliqueness
obliquid
obliquitous
obliquity
obliquity of the ecliptic
obliterate
obliteration
obliterative
obliterator
oblivion
oblivious
obliviously

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIQUITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
capabilities
celebrities
cities
communities
disabilities
entities
facilities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
qualities
quantities
responsibilities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of obliquities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obliquities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLIQUITIES

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The translations of obliquities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obliquities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

obliquities
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oblicuidades
570 millions of speakers

English

obliquities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obliquities
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

obliquities
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

obliquities
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obliquidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

obliquities
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obliquités
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecuaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schief
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

obliquities
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

obliquities
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obliquities
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

obliquities
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

obliquities
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वचने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obliquities
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obliquità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obliquities
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

obliquities
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obliquities
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

obliquities
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

obliquities
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

obliquities
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

obliquities
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obliquities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIQUITIES»

The term «obliquities» is used very little and occupies the 165.224 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIQUITIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obliquities» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obliquities» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obliquities

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIQUITIES»

Discover the use of obliquities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obliquities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Natural Philosophy ..
glass, and reflected by the posterior surace. The rays thus irregularly refracted by the first surface fell upon the second surface at various obliquities, and Were reflected by it regularly and irregularly, so as to return through the first surface at ...
‎1832
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Library of Useful Knowledge: Natural philosophy
The rays thus irregularly refracted by the first surface fell upon the second surface at various obliquities, and were reflected by it regularly and irregularly, so as to return through the first surface at various obliquities. . We must here call the ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1832
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Library of useful knowledge: Natural philosophy...
What we have here said fracted by the first surface fell upon the of red light may be equally applied to second surface at various obliquities, homogeneous lights of other colours ; and were reflected by it regularly and ir- and, hence, will easily ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1832
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The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...
Dr. Pearson remarks, that the most remote determination of the obliquity which has any claim to precision, is Dr. Bradley's; and, accordingly, some one of his obliquities has been chosen by almost all practical astronomers for the purpose of ...
David Brewster, Richard Phillips, Richard Taylor, 1839
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The Martian Climate Revisited: Atmosphere and Environment of ...
Both the NASA Ames and LMD/Oxford Mars GCMs have also been used in a similar mode recently, to simulate various aspects of the atmospheric circulation at other obliquities (Haberle et al., 2003; Newman et al., 2003), including the extent ...
Peter L. Read, Stephen R. Lewis, 2004
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Memoirs
Again, if we take three, or any other odd number of successive obliquities, separately deduced by means of an adopted co-latitude, the sum of the whole divided by the number of determined obliquities, will exterminate the co- latitude in all the ...
Royal Astronomical Society, 1840
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London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of ...
Dr. Pearson remarks, that the most remote determination of the obliquity which has any claim to precision, is Dr. Bradley's; and, accordingly, some one of his obliquities has been chosen by almost all practical astronomers for the purpose of ...
‎1839
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Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society
Again, if we take three, or any other odd number of successive obliquities, separately deduced by means of an adopted co-latitude, the sum of the whole divided by the number of determined obliquities, will exterminate the colatitude in all the ...
‎1840
9
Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia
And as the reason why a thin plate appeared of several colours in several obliquities of the rays, was, that the rays of one ... did appear of various colours in various obliquities, and in those obliquities propagated those colours to the chart, was ...
Sir Isaac Newton, 1782
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Exhumation Processes: Normal Faulting, Ductile Flow and Erosion
Second, recent compilations of earthquake slip vectors, trench geometries and relative plate motions suggest that relatively large obliquities (defined as the angle between the plate convergent vector and the normal to the trench) may be  ...
Uwe Ring, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIQUITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obliquities is used in the context of the following news items.
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REVIEW: Turn Back The Clock, St James Theatre
... it is this, together with her acute social observation of the finely judged obliquities of English mores that confer enduring value on her work. «British Theatre, Jun 15»
2
At Williams College, Andy Warhol Casts His Queer Eye On Books
Anyway, the circumlocutions, misdirections and obliquities that were forced on Warhol by his culture's homophobia led him to devise an art of ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
3
'Rotisserie' Planets Could Host Alien Life — If Wet Enough
However, researchers suspect that exoplanets may display a range of obliquities, resembling anything from a vertical spinning top to a ... «Space.com, Feb 15»
4
A Planet In The Dreaded "Rotisserie" Alignment Could Still Support …
The researchers used the detailed model to simulate a planet at three obliquities: 23 degrees (representing an Earth-like tilt), 54 degrees, and ... «io9, Dec 14»
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'Tilted' Ocean Planet Could Boast Life
But, a new study has found that there are some extreme obliquities that could be even more promising - so long as the planet is also completely ... «Nature World News, Dec 14»
6
The Story Behind Thomas Hart Benton's Incredible Masterwork
Given the length of time he spent there, and his paintings of the place that are the sinuous obliquities of a master, he could be ranked next to Edward Hopper ... «Smithsonian, Nov 14»
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Formation, Tidal Evolution and Habitability of the Kepler-186 System
The timescale for tidal evolution is short enough that the four inner planets must have small obliquities and near-synchronous rotation rates. «Astrobiology News, Apr 14»
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Christmas 2013: the best classics and reissues
... gripping for all its abundant obliquities. Graham Greene declared it to be the best novel of 1981, and there are certainly Greene-ish overtones ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 13»
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The Precariat
... but unfortunately a great deal of what he says is frankly indecipherable, which is fine if you're predisposed to frustrating obliquities, but trying ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 13»
10
The subtle modesty of Vermeer
Vermeer has painted the dance of courtship, the steps, the gradualism, the ritual of wooing, its obstacles, its hesitations, its loaded obliquities, ... «New Statesman, Jul 13»

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