Definition of "oblique angle" []

• An angle, such as an acute or obtuse angle, that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle. (noun)

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• "She ran as quickly and noisily as she could out into the open and marshy terrain that bordered the haras, following a line away from the buildings but at an oblique angle to the track."