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OBLIQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
Synonyms:
abdominal external oblique muscle; external oblique muscle; musculus obliquus externus abdominis; oblique
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oblique" is a kind of...):
ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle (the muscles of the abdomen)
Derivation:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any grammatical case other than the nominative
Synonyms:
oblique; oblique case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("oblique" is a kind of...):
case; grammatical case (nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oblique"):
accusative; accusative case; objective case (the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb)
dative; dative case (the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb)
genitive; genitive case; possessive; possessive case (the case expressing ownership)
vocative; vocative case (the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed)
ablative; ablative case (the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb)
Antonym:
nominative (the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
Example:
oblique political maneuvers
Synonyms:
devious; oblique
Classified under:
Similar:
indirect (extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action)
Derivation:
obliqueness (the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly)
obliquity (the quality of being deceptive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
Example:
the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base
Classified under:
Similar:
oblique-angled (having oblique angles)
nonparallel ((of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging)
diagonal (connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face)
crabwise; sideways ((of movement) at an angle)
cata-cornered; catacorner; cater-cornered; catercorner; catty-corner; catty-cornered; kitty-corner; kitty-cornered (slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line)
bias (slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric)
Also:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
divergent; diverging (tending to move apart in different directions)
convergent (tending to come together from different directions)
Antonym:
parallel (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting)
perpendicular (intersecting at or forming right angles)
Derivation:
oblique (a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso)
obliqueness (the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle)
Context examples:
Keeshonden are compact little animals with a strong resemblance to its ancestor the Samoyed, with oblique chestnut eyes, and erect triangular ears.
(Keeshond, NCI Thesaurus)
When the position of the stone is oblique, the motion of the island is so too: for in this magnet, the forces always act in lines parallel to its direction.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Any of the muscles of the abdomen that comprise the abdominal wall; these muscles include the rectus abdominis, the external and internal oblique muscles, the transversus abdominis, and the quadratus abdominis.
(Abdominal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
They positioned the laser to illuminate a sample at a steep, oblique angle.
(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)
An opening in the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle of the abdominal wall through which the spermatic cord (males), round ligament (females), ilioinguinal nerve, and genitofemoral nerve's genital branch pass.
(External Abdominal Ring, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by the inadvertent scarring down of the middle portion of the inferior oblique muscle at or near the insertion of the inferior rectus muscle.
(Adherence Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A band of muscular fibers of the oblique arytenoid muscle that extends from the summit of the arytenoid cartilage to the side of the epiglottis and whose action constricts the laryngeal aperture.
(Aryepiglottic Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
The oculomotor nerve sends motor fibers to the levator muscles of the eyelid and to the superior rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique muscles of the eye.
(Oculomotor Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A large thin muscle beneath the external oblique that stretches from the iliac crest to the inferior borders of the tenth to twelfth ribs and the abdominal midline which act to bend the upper trunk forward.
(Internal Oblique Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the third portion of the maxillary artery at the trunk and running along the infraorbital canal with the superior maxillary nerve to supply the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, lacrimal gland, the upper teeth, and parts of the nose and orbit.
(Infraorbital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
