oblique course
Example Sentences
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Children born lacking this oblique course of the ureter through the bladder wall are susceptible to “vesicoureteral reflux,” which dramatically increases their risk of serious UTI.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In its oblique course it struck only a part of the fleet, and the damage, though computed at L. 20,000 sterling, was by no means so great as might have been expected.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Alexander Hewatt
Health Line commences at center of the Rascettes, takes an oblique course from Fate Line, ending toward Mount Mercury.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Joseph Triemens
Just at this moment, Lieutenant Procope observed that the comet deviated sensibly in an oblique course.
From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne
And at this moment, I conceive it to be finally torn directly from its oblique course, by the gravitational pull of the immense star.—Ed.
From The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
