oblique angle


oblique angle

noun

Definition of OBLIQUE ANGLE

: an acute or obtuse angle

Examples of OBLIQUE ANGLE

  1. The dancer held his leg at an oblique angle to his body.

First Known Use of OBLIQUE ANGLE

1688

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