obliquity
IPA: ʌbɫˈɪkwɪti
noun
- The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
- (astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
- Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
- The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
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Examples of "obliquity" in Sentences
- I am of course aware of the variable obliquity.
- You are ignoring three other contributors to obliquity.
- These variations are also referred to as perturbations of obliquity.
- The obliquity has not a constant value, but is decreasing with time.