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
Hence, 53 presents a more favorable obliquity of the line of direction of the pressures of tooth upon tooth.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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