Oblique may refer to: * an alternative name for the character usually called a slash (punctuation) ( / ) *

Oblique angle In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the '' sides'' of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the ''vertex'' of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in the plane that contains the rays. Angles are ...

, in geometry * Oblique triangle, in geometry *

Oblique lattice The oblique lattice is one of the five two-dimensional Bravais lattice types. The symmetry category of the lattice is wallpaper group p2. The primitive translation vectors of the oblique lattice form an angle other than 90° and are of unequal le ...

, in geometry * Oblique leaf base, a characteristic shape of the base of a leaf *''Oblique angle'', a synonym for Dutch angle, a cinematographic technique * ''Oblique'' (album), by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson * ''Oblique'' (film), a 2008 Norwegian film * ''Oblique'' (Vasarely), a 1966 collage, by Victor Vasarely *

Oblique banded rattail The rough-head whiptail or oblique banded rattail, ''Coelorinchus aspercephalus'', is a species of rattail found around New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two ...

, a fish also known as a rough-head whiptail * Oblique case, in linguistics *

Oblique argument In linguistics, an argument is an expression that helps complete the meaning of a predicate, the latter referring in this context to a main verb and its auxiliaries. In this regard, the ''complement'' is a closely related concept. Most predicates ...

, in linguistics *

Oblique correction In particle physics, an oblique correction refers to a particular type of radiative correction to the electroweak sector of the Standard Model. Oblique corrections are defined in four- fermion scattering processes, ( + → &nbs ...

, in particle physics * Oblique motion, in music * Oblique order, a military formation * Oblique projection, in geometry and drawing, including cavalier and cabinet projection *

Oblique reflection In Euclidean geometry, oblique reflections generalize ordinary reflections by not requiring that reflection be done using perpendiculars. If two points are oblique reflections of each other, they will still stay so under affine transformations. ...

, in Euclidean geometry * Oblique shock, in gas dynamics * Oblique type, in typography * Oblique wing, in aircraft design *

Oblique icebreaker An oblique icebreaker is a special type of icebreaker designed to operate not only ahead and astern, but also obliquely (sideways) with a large angle of attack. In this way, a relatively small icebreaker is capable of opening a wide channel in ic ...

, a special type of icegoing ship

Anatomy

Oblique arytenoid muscle The oblique arytenoid, the more superficial arytenoid muscle, forms two fasciculi, which pass from the base of one cartilage to the apex of the opposite one, and therefore cross each other like the limbs of the letter X; a few fibers are continued ...

, in the neck * Oblique cord, near the elbow point *

Oblique fissure The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and most other animals, including some snails and a small number of fish. In mammals and most other vertebrates, two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of th ...

, separating the inferior and superior lobes of the lungs *

Oblique muscle (disambiguation) Several muscles in the human body may be referred to as an oblique muscle: *Abdominal wall **Abdominal external oblique muscle **Abdominal internal oblique muscle *Extraocular muscles **Inferior oblique muscle **Superior oblique muscle *Oblique mus ...

, any of several in the human body ;Abdominal muscles *

Abdominal external oblique muscle The abdominal external oblique muscle (also external oblique muscle, or exterior oblique) is the largest and outermost of the three flat abdominal muscles of the lateral anterior abdomen. Structure The external oblique is situated on the lateral ...

* Abdominal internal oblique muscle ** Oblique strain, an injury of either of these muscles, common in baseball ;Eye muscles *

Inferior oblique muscle The inferior oblique muscle or obliquus oculi inferior is a thin, narrow muscle placed near the anterior margin of the floor of the orbit. The inferior oblique is one of the extraocular muscles, and is attached to the maxillary bone (origin) and ...

* Superior oblique muscle

Anatomy

See also