oblique angle
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An angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle.
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- In geometry, an oblique angle is any angle that is not a right angle.
- The architect designed the wall to meet the ceiling at an oblique angle, creating a dynamic space.
- The late afternoon sun cast long shadows at an oblique angle across the field.
- To make the joint fit, he had to cut the wood at a precise oblique angle.
- When a force is applied at an oblique angle to a surface, it has both horizontal and vertical components.
- She glanced at him from an oblique angle, her expression unreadable.
- The challenge was to measure the exact oblique angle between the two intersecting beams.
- The software can render any shape with lines meeting at an oblique angle.
- Unlike the perfect square, this shape features several oblique angles.
- The fallen tree lay at an oblique angle to the riverbank.