obliquity

All this suggests that the Wildes of this world are better approached by obliquity and stealth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

That represents Earth’s axial tilt, which astronomers call its obliquity, relative to the plane of its nearly circular orbit around the sun.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023

It’s not a question of subtlety, which the stage can accommodate, but obliquity, which feels like an evasion of theater’s confrontational power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

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

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2019

Variation in obliquity of the ecliptic; about 47″ in 100 years.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

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

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

From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019

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

From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019

By this time, poor Dandy, who, notwithstanding the obliquities of his master's disposition, had a strong regard for him, reached the shore.

From Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives by Oliver Optic

With all the good will in the world, I do not find myself able to rise to these heights; in fact, they rather seem to deserve Wordsworth's description, as mere obliquities of admiration.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson by John Morley