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# oblique

adjective (oblique; more oblique); noun (an oblique — UK, the slash sign /)

«oblique» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Oblique means slanting, not straight up and not flat; at an angle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#m1)
2. (maths) An oblique line meets another line at an angle that is not a right angle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#m2)
3. Oblique words say something in an indirect way, not plainly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#m3)
4. (UK) An oblique is the slash sign /, as in «and/or». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#m4)
5. Oblique narration (also called reported speech) means telling what someone said in your own words, without repeating their exact words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths and geometry it describes lines and shapes that lean: an oblique line, an oblique prism or cone, an oblique angle (any angle that is not 90 or 180 degrees). In art and maps it describes a slanted view. In stories an oblique remark is a hint rather than a clear statement, so the reader must work out what is meant. Phrases: «at an oblique angle», «an oblique reference».

### Examples

- The sun's rays hit the ground at an oblique angle in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x1)
- Draw an oblique line from one corner of the square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x2)
- An oblique angle is either acute or obtuse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x3)
- The photo was taken from an oblique view above the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x4)
- She made an oblique comment about people who are always late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x5)
- His answer was so oblique that nobody understood it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x6)
- The ladder leaned at an oblique angle against the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x7)
- Write the date as day oblique month in that box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x8)
- I have given him a name, and changed the narration into the oblique narration, and toned down the dialect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/#x9)

### Note

Pronounced «oh-BLEEK». Opposite of «perpendicular» or «straight». In maths an oblique angle is NOT a right angle; oblique lines are not parallel and not perpendicular. Adverb: obliquely. The slash meaning is mostly British.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah, it means the diagonal directions or edges of space, such as north-east.

**Interpretation.** Sefer Yetzirah links twelve simple letters to twelve boundaries of space, which tradition connects to the twelve tribes and the twelve months.

### Examples

- The twelve simple consonants ה״ו״ז ח״ט״י ל״נ״ם ע״צ״ק symbolize also twelve oblique points: east height, north east, east depth, south height, south east, south depth, west height, south west, west depth, north height, north west, north depth. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oblique/#x1)

### Note

Pronounced «oh-BLEEK». Opposite of «perpendicular» or «straight». In maths an oblique angle is NOT a right angle; oblique lines are not parallel and not perpendicular. Adverb: obliquely. The slash meaning is mostly British.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «oblique» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oblique/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oblique» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oblique.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «oblique» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oblique/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oblique» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oblique.html) on Mova free.