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Meaning of "obliquity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBLIQUITY

obliquity  [əˈblɪkwɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBLIQUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obliquity 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 OBLIQUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

obliquity

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.

Definition of obliquity in the English dictionary

The first definition of obliquity in the dictionary is the state or condition of being oblique. Other definition of obliquity is a deviation from the perpendicular or horizontal. Obliquity is also a moral or mental deviation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBLIQUITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
antiquity
ænˈtɪkwɪtɪ
appropinquity
ˌæprəˈpɪŋkwɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
committee
kəˈmɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
equity
ˈɛkwɪtɪ
facility
fəˈsɪlɪtɪ
inequity
ɪnˈɛkwɪtɪ
iniquity
ɪˈnɪkwɪtɪ
longinquity
lɒŋˈɡɪnkwɪtɪ
propinquity
prəˈpɪŋkwɪtɪ
ubiquity
juːˈbɪkwɪtɪ
unwitty
ʌnˈwɪtɪ
witty
ˈwɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBLIQUITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBLIQUITY

acuity
ambiguity
annuity
contiguity
continuity
deferred annuity
discontinuity
employment equity
fortuity
fruity
gratuity
in perpetuity
ingenuity
life annuity
negative equity
perpetuity
private equity
promiscuity
vacuity
wife´s equity

Synonyms and antonyms of obliquity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obliquity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBLIQUITY

Find out the translation of obliquity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obliquity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obliquity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倾角
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oblicuidad
570 millions of speakers

English

obliquity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिरछापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الميل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наклонение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obliquidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বক্রতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obliquité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecuaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schiefe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傾斜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경사면
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obliquity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không ngay thẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तिरकीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meyil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obliquità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nachylenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нахилення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oblicitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λόξωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuinsheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snedhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obliquity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obliquity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIQUITY»

The term «obliquity» is regularly used and occupies the 76.828 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBLIQUITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obliquity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obliquity» 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 obliquity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIQUITY»

Discover the use of obliquity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obliquity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly
If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly.
John Kay, 2011
2
Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly
" -Tim Harford, author of The Logic of Life In this revolutionary book, economist John Kay proves a notion that feels at once paradoxical and deeply commonsensical: the best way to achieve any complex or broadly defined goal, from happiness ...
John Kay, 2011
3
The Role of Bathymetry, Wave Obliquity and Coastal Curvature ...
This section discusses two approaches to introduce the effects of wave obliquity and coastline curvature into the probabilistic safety evaluation. The influence of bathymetry is not considered separately here, since it is already included in the ...
Cornelis den Heijer, 2013
4
The Guide to Railway Masonry, Containing a Complete Treatise ...
In the right-angled triangle A B С, if the hypothenuse A С be the length of one of the faces of the arch, and the angle A the angle of obliquity, the opposite leg Б С is the width of the arch-way, and the adjacent leg A В the distance of obliquity.
Peter Nicholson, R. Cowen, 1847
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The guide to railway masonry: containing a complete treatise ...
In the right-angled triangle А В С, if the hypothenuse А С be the length of one of the faces of the arch, and the angle A the angle of obliquity, the opposite leg В С is the width of the arch-way, and the adjacent leg А В the distance of obliquity.
Peter Nicholson, R. Cowen, 1860
6
Mars
Seasons are created almost exclusively by the tilt of the planet's rotational axis, called its obliquity (see figure on page 14).While a planet rotates around the Sun, its axis always points in the same direction (the axis does wobble slightly, ...
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Trevor Day, 2006
7
The Martian Climate Revisited: Atmosphere and Environment of ...
of near-surface ice (perhaps enriched in salts to stabilize the liquid state) or from snow deposited during periods of high obliquity (Christensen. 2003). 9.5 MARS' VARIABLE CLIMATE We have seen in this chapter that Mars' climate system is ...
Peter L. Read, Stephen R. Lewis, 2004
8
Obliquity: Speculative Fiction from the Pacific Northwest
The essence of OBLIQUITY is imaginative storytelling with, at times, no more than a passing nod to the ordinary norms of science fiction, fantasy or magical realism.
Science Fiction Writing Cooperative (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), 2006
9
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
same for each following year, the mean obliquity thesumrner so'stice, observe veiywreumttkt;; will be found nearly for any year either before or zenith distance for several days together, n»-» since that period. The quantity, however, of ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
10
Major Accomplishments in Composite Materials and Sandwich ...
[29]) Few investigators have considered the effect of obliquity on the ballistic limit. Fernandez et al. [73] determined the ballistic limit of carbon epoxy laminates us- ing a finite element approach in which three separate criteria were used to ...
Isaac M. Daniel, E. E. Gdoutos, Y. Rajapakse, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBLIQUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obliquity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mystery haze appears above Ceres's bright spots
And the obliquity, or tilt, of its axis is the reverse of what scientists had anticipated: “Summer is winter and winter is summer,” he says. Ceres's ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Will mental illness save Holmes' life?
Jurors were cautioned not to confuse insanity with "moral obliquity, mental depravity or passion growing out of anger, revenge, hatred or other ... «NBC2 News, Jul 15»
3
Holmes jury chose murder over madness
Jurors were cautioned not to confuse insanity with "moral obliquity, mental depravity or passion growing out of anger, revenge, hatred or other motives and ... «KBZK Bozeman News, Jul 15»
4
Theater trial blog: Day 49, closing arguments
He reminds the jury not to confuse mental defect with moral obliquity. When someone acts out of revenge or hatred, that doesn't mean they ... «9NEWS.com, Jul 15»
5
Sacroiliac Pain: A Complex Puzzle
Maybe you say the pelvis is out of line; maybe you call it a functional short; maybe you call it pelvic obliquity. You know these well: the common ... «Dynamic Chiropractic, Jul 15»
6
Cassini takes Titan's temperature
Although Titan has no tilt relative to Saturn's equator, the planet's own obliquity ensures that, also like Earth, Titan experiences seasons. «Sen, Jul 15»
7
Protecting Humanity from Ice Ages
... of the eccentricity of the Earth's elliptic orbit around the Sun, oscillations with a period of 41,000 years of the Earth's “obliquity” (inclination of ... «American Thinker, Jun 15»
8
A Point of View: What's the secret of writing great song lyrics?
In our Barbican-directed oratorio a great deal of indirection and obliquity was welcome. In our age, I've decided, the difference between ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
9
Get your WELLIES to MARS: Red Planet reveals its FROZEN BOTTOM
In a paper titled "Earth-like aqueous debris-flow activity on Mars at high orbital obliquity in the last million years", and published today in Nature ... «The Register, Jun 15»
10
Waterloo won, war over: the painting that captures the moment
... with unqualified enthusiasm, yet at the time of its publication many readers were left perplexed by the document's apparent obliquity. «The Conversation UK, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Obliquity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/obliquity>. Apr 2024 ».
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