Oblique-motion
noun, Music.
1.
the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
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- Oblique-projection
noun, Drafting. 1. See under (def 13). [uh-bleek, oh-bleek; Military uh-blahyk, oh-blahyk] /əˈblik, oʊˈblik; Military əˈblaɪk, oʊˈblaɪk/ adjective 1. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping. 2. (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base. 3. diverging from a given straight line or course. […]
- Oblique-sailing
noun 1. the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points. noun 1. a ship’s movement on a course that is not due north, south, east, or west
- Oblique-section
noun 1. a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
- Oblique-slip fault
noun 1. a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
- Oblique stroke
character “/”. Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages. (1996-09-24)