oblique | əˈblēk |
adjective
1. neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting: we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace. • not explicit or direct in addressing a point: is he making an oblique attack on his colleague? • Geometry (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle. • Geometry (of an angle) acute or obtuse. • Geometry (of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base. • Anatomy (especially of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb: an oblique abdominal muscle.
2. Grammar denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative.
3. not explicit or done in a direct way: he issued an oblique attack on the president.
noun
1. a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb. 2 British another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).
Perfect Oblique, 2024
Stoneware, red iron oxide
96cm x 52cm x 38cm
Berkeley, USA