OBLIQUE ANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oblique angle mean? 

• OBLIQUE ANGLE (noun)
  The noun OBLIQUE ANGLE has 1 sense:

1. an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle

  Familiarity information: OBLIQUE ANGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBLIQUE ANGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("oblique angle" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oblique angle"):

acute angle (an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees)

obtuse angle (an angle between 90 and 180 degrees)

Antonym:

right angle (the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines)

 Context examples 

They positioned the laser to illuminate a sample at a steep, oblique angle.

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