obliquity
Example Sentences
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Such a slouch, or obliquity, gives us our seasons.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023
It’s not a question of subtlety, which the stage can accommodate, but obliquity, which feels like an evasion of theater’s confrontational power.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021
Sweeping statements were made about genre and obliquity and readerly expectations.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2019
Over the course of some 40,000 years, Earth’s obliquity waivers between 22.1 to 24.5 degrees.
From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2019
He notes, however, that about 7500 B. C. the obliquity of the ecliptic was probably nearly 1° greater than at present.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
