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91slant — slantingly, slantly, adv. /slant, slahnt/, v.i. 1. to veer or angle away from a given level or line, esp. from a horizontal; slope. 2. to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually… …
92splay — /splay/, v.t. 1. to spread out, expand, or extend. 2. to form with an oblique angle; make slanting; bevel. 3. to make with a splay or splays. 4. to disjoin; dislocate. v.i. 5. to have an oblique or slanting direction. 6. to spread or flare. n. 7 …
93tip — tip1 tipless, adj. /tip/, n., v., tipped, tipping. n. 1. a slender or pointed end or extremity, esp. of anything long or tapered: the tips of the fingers. 2. the top, summit, or apex: the tip of the mountain. 3. a small piece or part, as of metal …
94Walsh, Bill — ▪ 2008 William Ernest Walsh American football coach born Nov. 30, 1931, Los Angeles, Calif. died July 30, 2007, Woodside, Calif. was the architect of the “West Coast offense,” which featured short passes and quick slanting pass routes by… …
95art and architecture, Oceanic — ▪ visual arts Introduction the visual art (art) and architecture of native Oceania, including media such as sculpture, pottery, rock art, basketry, masks, painting, and personal decoration. In these cultures, art and architecture have often …
96Salt Range — ▪ mountains, Pakistan series of hills and low mountains between the valleys of the Indus and Jhelum rivers, located in the northern part of the Punjab region of Pakistan. It derives its name from extensive deposits of rock salt that form… …
97Numerary nexus — Harry Partch, 11 limit tonality diamond. In musical tuning, a numerary nexus is an identity shared by two or more interval ratios in their numerator or denominator, with different identities in the other[1]. For example, in the Otonality the… …
98Zöllner illusion — The eponym Zöllner illusion refers to the German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834 1882). It is used to denote a * geometric optical illusion in which parallel lines seem to diverge when one of the lines is intersected by… …
99diagonal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aslant, oblique; catty corner; inclined; tilted, pitched. See obliquity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slanting, inclining, askew; see oblique 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Angled at a… …
100slant — slant1 [sla:nt US slænt] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to slope or make something slope in a particular direction ▪ The sun s rays slanted through the trees. ▪ slanting eyes 2.) [T] to provide information …
