Oblique - Definition

adj 1: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--
neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the
oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles
are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not
perpendicular to its base" [ant: parallel,
perpendicular]
2: indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way;
misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave
oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political
maneuvers" [syn: devious, oblique]
n 1: any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn:
oblique, oblique case] [ant: nominative, nominative
case, subject case]
2: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the
torso [syn: external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus
externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle,
oblique]