OBLIQUITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary the angle between the planes of a planet's equator and its orbit about the sun: for the earth (obliquity of the ecliptic) it is currently c 23° 26 5′ and will decrease at the rate of 0 47″ a year for c 1,500 years, at which time it will begin to increase again
obliquity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary obliquity (countable and uncountable, plural obliquities) The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation [from 15th c ]
Obliquity - definition of obliquity by The Free Dictionary Indirection in conduct or verbal expression; lack of straightforwardness: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral" (Anatole Broyard)
Obliquity - NASA The angle between the equatorial and orbital planes (or the rotational and orbital poles) of a body The obliquity of the ecliptic for the Earth is the angle between the equatorial and ecliptic planes
Definition of obliquity - Words Defined In geometry, obliquity describes angles or lines that are neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given reference line, often relating to slanted surfaces, bends, or non‑linear measurements