obliquity

Such a slouch, or obliquity, gives us our seasons.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

Sweeping statements were made about genre and obliquity and readerly expectations.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2019

Although it does not possess a high obliquity, its elliptical orbit massages the moon’s interior, thanks to Jupiter’s gravitational pull.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019

Then György Kurtag’s “The Answered Unanswered Question,” music on the edge of obliquity that answers nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2018

Then came the necessity of finding out about the inclination or obliquity of the ecliptic, and this is where the gnomon was employed.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

It has also long caused astronomers to wonder whether Earth’s tilt — arguably a sweet spot between more extreme obliquities — helped create the conditions necessary for life.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

“Large obliquities make stronger tides, and tides make the planet move,” Millholland says.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019

Interactions with other objects over their lifetimes can change their obliquities, tilting them over slightly or tremendously.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019

The tragic laughter which the confused issues of life excite in subtler souls is not lacking, but the sweet obliquities of honest clowns carry us just as far.

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper

She knew how little weight they carry smothered in feminine graces and coy obliquities from the point.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice