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  • 101oblique photography/oblique aerial photography — A type of aerial photography in which the camera axis is deliberately kept tilted from the vertical by a specified angle. The photographs, thus taken, reveal details masked in some ways in vertical photographs. The main function of this type of… …

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  • 102Oblique vein of the left atrium — Vein: Oblique vein of the left atrium Base and diaphragmatic surface of heart. (Oblique vein of the left atrium labeled at center left.) Latin vena obliqua atrii sinistri …

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  • 103Oblique popliteal ligament — Ligament: Oblique popliteal ligament Right knee joint. Posterior view. (Oblique popliteal ligament visible at center.) Latin ligamentum popliteum obliquum Gray s …

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  • 104oblique case — noun any grammatical case other than the nominative • Syn: ↑oblique • Ant: ↑nominative (for: ↑oblique) • Hypernyms: ↑case, ↑grammatical case …

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  • 105Oblique (typographie) — Texte en romain, à gauche, et oblique, à droite En typographie traditionnelle et numérique, l’oblique est un style de caractères inclinés vers la droite, comme l’italique, mais qui n’est pas un véritable italique. L’italique est un dessin… …

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  • 106oblique angle — noun an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle • Ant: ↑right angle • Hypernyms: ↑angle • Hyponyms: ↑acute angle, ↑obtuse angle * * * noun : an acute or obtuse angle …

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  • 107oblique fault — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …

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  • 108oblique air photograph — An air photograph taken with the camera axis directed between the horizontal and vertical planes. Commonly referred to as an “oblique.” a. High Oblique. One in which the apparent horizon appears. b. Low Oblique. One in which the apparent horizon… …

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  • 109oblique Mercator’s projection — A type of conformal map projection in which the cylinder is tangent at a great circle other than the equator or the meridian. The line of tangency can be any great circle. The projection is used principally to depict an area near the vicinity of… …

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  • 110oblique shock wave — A shock wave that forms on a sharp pointed object moving through the air at a speed greater than the speed of sound. Air passing through an oblique shock wave is slowed down but if the wave angle is less than about 70°, it still will be… …

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