obliqueness

Definitions of obliqueness
  1. noun
    the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
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    type of:
    spatial property, spatiality
    any property relating to or occupying space
  2. noun
    the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
    synonyms: deviousness
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    type of:
    indirectness
    having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
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