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Obliquity definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBLIQ'UITY, n. [L. obliquitas.]
1. Deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; as the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
2. Deviation from moral rectitude.
To disobey God or oppose his will in any thing imports a moral obliquity.
3. Irregularity; deviation from ordinary rules.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle [syn: asynclitism, obliquity]
2: the quality of being deceptive [syn: deceptiveness, obliquity]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 15th century 1. deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking 2. a. deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; also the amount of such deviation b. the angle between the planes of the earth's equator and orbit having a value of about 23°27? <obliquity of the ecliptic> 3. a. indirectness or deliberate obscurity of speech or conduct b. an obscure or confusing statement

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Obliquity Ob*liq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Obliquities. [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquit['e].] 1. 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. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity. --South.