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==Origin==
Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French ''oblique'' (adjective) diverging from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular perpendicular] (14th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French as ''oblike''), indirect (14th cent.), and its etymon classical [[Latin]] ''oblīquus'' slanting, indirectly [[expressed]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular perpendicular] nor [[parallel]] : inclined
:b : having the [[axis]] not perpendicular to the base <an oblique cone>
:c : having no [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_angle right angle] <an oblique [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle triangle]
*2a : not straightforward : indirect; also : [[obscure]]
:b : [[devious]], underhanded
*3: situated at an [[angle]] and having one end not inserted on bone <oblique muscles>
*4: taken from an airplane with the camera directed [[horizontally]] or diagonally downward <an oblique photograph>
==Description==
*''Typography''
'''Oblique type''' (or ''slanted, sloped'') is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used in the same [[manner]] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type italic type]. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use [[different]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph glyph] shapes; it uses the same glyphs as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_type roman type], except distorted. Oblique fonts are usually associated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif sans-serif] typefaces, especially with geometric faces, as opposed to humanist ones whose design tends to draw more on history. Oblique and italic type are often [[confused]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_type]
*''Photography''
Dutch tilt, Dutch angle, Dutch shot, '''oblique angle''', German angle, canted angle, Batman angle, or Jaunty angle (in non-cinematic static photography) are terms used for one of many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematic_techniques cinematic techniques] often used to portray the [[psychological]] uneasiness or [[tension]] in the subject being filmed. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle Dutch angle] is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side so that the shot is [[composed]] with the [[horizon]] at an angle to the bottom of the frame. Many Dutch angles are [[static]] shots at an obscure angle, but in a moving Dutch angle shot the camera can pivot, pan or track along the director/cinematographer's [[established]] diagonal [[axis]] for the shot.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle]
*''Aeronautics''
An '''oblique wing''' (also called a slew wing) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing-wing variable geometry wing] [[concept]]. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center [[pivot]], so that one tip is swept forward while the [[opposite]] tip is swept aft. By changing its sweep angle in this way, drag can be reduced at high speed (with the wing swept) without [[sacrificing]] low speed performance (with the wing perpendicular).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_wing]
*''Military Strategy''
The '''Oblique Order''' (or declined or refused flank) is a [[military]] tactic where an attacking [[army]] [[focuses]] its [[forces]] to attack a single [[enemy]] flank. The force commander [[concentrates]] the [[majority]] of his [[strength]] on one flank and uses the remainder to fix the enemy line. This allows a commander with weaker or equal forces to [[achieve]] a local [[Dominate|superiority]] in numbers. The commander can then try to [[defeat]] the enemy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_in_detail in detail]. It was the most famously used by the armies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia Frederick II of Prussia]. Oblique order required [[disciplined]] troops able to [[execute]] [[complex]] maneuvers in varied circumstances.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_order]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French ''oblique'' (adjective) diverging from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular perpendicular] (14th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French as ''oblike''), indirect (14th cent.), and its etymon classical [[Latin]] ''oblīquus'' slanting, indirectly [[expressed]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : neither [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular perpendicular] nor [[parallel]] : inclined
:b : having the [[axis]] not perpendicular to the base <an oblique cone>
:c : having no [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_angle right angle] <an oblique [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle triangle]
*2a : not straightforward : indirect; also : [[obscure]]
:b : [[devious]], underhanded
*3: situated at an [[angle]] and having one end not inserted on bone <oblique muscles>
*4: taken from an airplane with the camera directed [[horizontally]] or diagonally downward <an oblique photograph>
==Description==
*''Typography''
'''Oblique type''' (or ''slanted, sloped'') is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used in the same [[manner]] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type italic type]. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use [[different]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph glyph] shapes; it uses the same glyphs as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_type roman type], except distorted. Oblique fonts are usually associated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif sans-serif] typefaces, especially with geometric faces, as opposed to humanist ones whose design tends to draw more on history. Oblique and italic type are often [[confused]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_type]
*''Photography''
Dutch tilt, Dutch angle, Dutch shot, '''oblique angle''', German angle, canted angle, Batman angle, or Jaunty angle (in non-cinematic static photography) are terms used for one of many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematic_techniques cinematic techniques] often used to portray the [[psychological]] uneasiness or [[tension]] in the subject being filmed. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle Dutch angle] is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side so that the shot is [[composed]] with the [[horizon]] at an angle to the bottom of the frame. Many Dutch angles are [[static]] shots at an obscure angle, but in a moving Dutch angle shot the camera can pivot, pan or track along the director/cinematographer's [[established]] diagonal [[axis]] for the shot.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_angle]
*''Aeronautics''
An '''oblique wing''' (also called a slew wing) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing-wing variable geometry wing] [[concept]]. On an aircraft so equipped, the wing is designed to rotate on center [[pivot]], so that one tip is swept forward while the [[opposite]] tip is swept aft. By changing its sweep angle in this way, drag can be reduced at high speed (with the wing swept) without [[sacrificing]] low speed performance (with the wing perpendicular).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_wing]
*''Military Strategy''
The '''Oblique Order''' (or declined or refused flank) is a [[military]] tactic where an attacking [[army]] [[focuses]] its [[forces]] to attack a single [[enemy]] flank. The force commander [[concentrates]] the [[majority]] of his [[strength]] on one flank and uses the remainder to fix the enemy line. This allows a commander with weaker or equal forces to [[achieve]] a local [[Dominate|superiority]] in numbers. The commander can then try to [[defeat]] the enemy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeat_in_detail in detail]. It was the most famously used by the armies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia Frederick II of Prussia]. Oblique order required [[disciplined]] troops able to [[execute]] [[complex]] maneuvers in varied circumstances.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_order]
[[Category: General Reference]]