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OBLIQUE ANGLE
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I. (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)
