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  • 1obliquity — [ə blik′wə tē] n. pl. obliquities [ME obliquitee < L obliquitas] 1. the state or quality of being oblique 2. an oblique statement, action, etc. 3. a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking 4. Astron. the angle between the planes of… …

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  • 2obliquity — obliquitous, adj. /euh blik wi tee, oh blik /, n., pl. obliquities. 1. the state of being oblique. 2. divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc.; immorality, dishonesty, or the like. 3. an instance of such divergence. 4. mental perversity. 5 …

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  • 3obliquity — /əˈblɪkwəti/ (say uh blikwuhtee) noun (plural obliquities) 1. the state of being oblique. 2. divergence from moral rectitude. 3. a moral delinquency. 4. mental perversity. 5. an instance of mental perversity. 6. inclination, or degree of… …

  • 4obliquity — o•bliq•ui•ty [[t]əˈblɪk wɪ ti, oʊˈblɪk [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state of being oblique 2) an inclination or a degree of inclination 3) immorality 4) intellectual deviousness 5) deliberate evasiveness in speech or writing 6) a confusing or obscure …

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  • 5Mk 19 grenade launcher — Mk 19 on an M3 tripod. Type Automatic grenade launcher Place of origin …

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  • 685 mm divisional gun D-44 — Infobox Weapon name=85 mm divisional gun D 44 caption=85 mm D 44 divisional gun. origin=Soviet Union type=Field gun is ranged= is bladed= is explosive= is artillery=yes is vehicle= is UK= service= used by= wars= designer= design date=1943 1944… …

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  • 7Vénus (planète) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Vénus. Vénus …

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  • 8Axial tilt — Obliquity redirects here. For the book, see Obliquity (book). To understand axial tilt, consider this blue solenoid in right hand grip rule as the rotational axis of Earth, the counter clockwise direction of the magnetic field as the orbital… …

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  • 9Precession (astronomy) — In astronomy, precession refers to the movement of the rotational axis of a body, such as a planet, with respect to inertial space. In particular, it refers to the precession of the Earth s rotational axis, also called the precession of the… …

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  • 10Pytheas — of Massilia (Ancient Greek Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης), 4th century BC, was a Greek geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille, France). He made a voyage of exploration to northwestern Europe possibly no earlier than around …

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