ALL meanings of obliquity
o·bliq·ui·ty
O o - noun plural obliquity the state of being oblique. 1
- noun plural obliquity divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc.; immorality, dishonesty, or the like. 1
- noun plural obliquity an instance of such divergence. 1
- noun plural obliquity mental perversity. 1
- noun plural obliquity an instance of mental perversity. 1
- noun plural obliquity an inclination or a degree of inclination. 1
- noun plural obliquity a confusing or obscure statement or passage of writing, especially one deliberately made obscure. 1
- noun plural obliquity Also called obliquity of the ecliptic. Astronomy. the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the earth's equator, equal to 23°27′; the inclination of the earth's equator. 1
- noun obliquity The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. (from 15th c.). 1
- noun obliquity the state or condition of being oblique 0
- noun obliquity a deviation from the perpendicular or horizontal 0
- noun obliquity a moral or mental deviation 0
- noun obliquity the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the celestial equator, equal to approximately 23° 27′ at present 0
- noun obliquity the state or quality of being oblique 0
- noun obliquity an oblique statement, action, etc. 0
- noun obliquity a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking 0
- noun obliquity the angle between the planes of a planet's equator and its orbit about the sun: for the earth (obliquity of the ecliptic) it is currently c. 23° 26.5′ and will decrease at the rate of 0.47″ a year for c. 1,500 years, at which time it will begin to increase again 0
- noun obliquity deviation of a line or plane from the perpendicular or parallel 0
- noun obliquity the degree of this 0