ALL meanings of oblique projection
o·blique pro·jec·tion
O o - noun oblique projection something that is oblique. 1
- noun oblique projection Grammar. an oblique case. 1
- noun oblique projection Anatomy. any of several oblique muscles, especially in the walls of the abdomen. 1
- adjective oblique projection neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping. 1
- adjective oblique projection (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base. 1
- adjective oblique projection diverging from a given straight line or course. 1
- adjective oblique projection not straight or direct, as a course. 1
- adjective oblique projection indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward: oblique remarks about the candidate's honesty. 1
- adjective oblique projection indirectly aimed at or reached, as ends or results; deviously achieved. 1
- adjective oblique projection morally, ethically, or mentally wrong; underhand; perverse. 1
- adjective oblique projection Typography. (of a letter) slanting toward the right, as a form of sans-serif, gothic, or square-serif type. 1
- adjective oblique projection Rhetoric. indirect (applied to discourse in which the original words of a speaker or writer are assimilated to the language of the reporter). 1
- adjective oblique projection Anatomy. pertaining to muscles running obliquely in the body as opposed to those running transversely or longitudinally. 1
- adjective oblique projection Botany. having unequal sides, as a leaf. 1
- adjective oblique projection Grammar. noting or pertaining to any case of noun inflection except nominative and vocative: Latin genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative cases are said to be oblique. 1
- adjective oblique projection Drafting. designating a method of projection (oblique projection) in which a three-dimensional object is represented by a drawing (oblique drawing) in which the face, usually parallel to the picture plane, is represented in accurate or exact proportion, and all other faces are shown at any convenient angle other than 90°. Compare axonometric, cabinet (def 19), isometric (def 5). 1
- adverb oblique projection Military. at an angle of 45°. 1
- verb without object oblique projection Military. to change direction obliquely. 1