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See
Oblique speech. -- Oblique planes
(Dialing), planes which decline from the zenith, or
incline toward the horizon. -- Oblique sailing
(Naut.), the movement of a ship when she sails upon some
rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with
the meridian. -- Oblique speech
(Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a
different person from that employed by the original speaker. --
Oblique sphere (Astron. & Geog.), the
celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the
horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on
the earth except the poles and the equator. -- Oblique
step (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the
soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left
at an angle of about 25°. It is not now practiced.
Wilhelm. -- Oblique system of
coördinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in
which the coördinate axes are oblique to each other.

Ob*lique", n. (Geom.

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