OBLIQUITY Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc ; immorality, dishonesty, or the like an instance of such divergence mental perversity an instance of mental perversity an inclination or a degree of inclination a confusing or obscure statement or passage of writing, especially one deliberately made obscure
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 - definition of obliquity by The Free Dictionary 1 the state of being oblique 2 an inclination or a degree of inclination 3 immorality 4 intellectual deviousness 5 deliberate evasiveness in speech or writing 6 a confusing or obscure statement or passage of writing
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: meaning, translation - WordSense What does obliquity mean? From Middle French obliquité, from Latin obliquitas, from obliquus ("oblique") The Planet Earth, so stedfast though she seem, Insensibly three different Motions move? Which else to several Sphears thou must ascribe, Mov'd contrarie with thwart obliquities