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Trochlea :: Trochlea (n.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes..

Obliquation :: Obliquation (n.) The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes..

Trajectory :: Trajectory (n.) The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air..

Sideling :: Sideling (adv.) Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew..

Thwartly :: Thwartly (adv.) Transversely; obliquely.

Heterotropous :: Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.

Slant :: Slant (n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Clinometric :: Clinometric (a.) Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..

Gley :: Gley (v. i.) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

Sidelong :: Sidelong (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation..

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved..

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

Oblique :: Oblique (n.) An oblique line.

Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..

Twire :: Twire (v. i.) To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer.

Oblique :: Oblique (v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..

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