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The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.

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  1. n. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
  2. n. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
  3. n. the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
  4. n. the quality of being deceptive
  5. n:100 n the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle n the quality of being deceptive