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-- Oblique
circle (Projection), a circle whose plane is
oblique to the axis of the primitive plane. -- Oblique
fire (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is
not perpendicular to the line fired at. -- Oblique
flank (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence
the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered.
Wilhelm. -- Oblique leaf. (Bot.)
(a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal
position. (b) A leaf having one half
different from the other. -- Oblique line
(Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to meet another,
makes oblique angles with it. -- Oblique
motion (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression
in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or
repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example. --
Oblique muscle (Anat.), a muscle acting
in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the
associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles of the
eyeball. -- Oblique narration.


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