OBLIQUE ANGLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("oblique angle" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oblique angle"):

acute angle (an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees)

obtuse angle (an angle between 90 and 180 degrees)

Antonym:

right angle (the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines)