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obliquity

Roget category 217

2. Words relating to space
2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#217. Obliquity

noun

obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj. — slopenessleaning etc. v. — bevel, tiltbias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurchdistortion etc. 243bend etc. (curve) 245tower of Pisa.
acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexitygentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descentshelving beachtalusmonagne Russe [Fr.]facilis descensus averni [Lat.].

verb

intersectlack parallelism.

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