obliquity
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Sweeping statements were made about genre and obliquity and readerly expectations.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2019
That, combined with the fact it is presently very difficult to measure an exoplanet’s tilt, has led most astronomers to mostly ignore obliquity when they model the evolution of planetary systems.
From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2019
As such, there are several knobs that must be tuned to allow life and, Earth’s mild obliquity is one.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018
Then György Kurtag’s “The Answered Unanswered Question,” music on the edge of obliquity that answers nothing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2018
This state of the atmosphere continues uninterruptedly until winter; nor can there be any frost there in winter, because even then the sun's rays fall with but little obliquity upon the surface of the earth.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David
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