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Definition of Oblique ascension

Oblique ascension
Oblique Ob*lique", a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr ? slanting.] [Written also oblike.] 1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. --Cheyne. 2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. --Drayton. This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. --De Quincey. Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth. 3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. --Baker. Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. Oblique bridge, a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. Oblique case (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See Case, n. Oblique circle (Projection), a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane. Oblique fire (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at. Oblique flank (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm. Oblique leaf. (Bot.) (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position. (b) A leaf having one half different from the other. Oblique line (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it. Oblique motion (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example.

Meaning of Oblique ascension from wikipedia

- intersects the horizon at an oblique angle. Right ascension is the celestial equivalent of terrestrial longitude. Both right ascension and longitude measure...
- medieval period.: 107  He provided the positions of fixed stars, and for oblique ascensions and time-equations for the latitude of Marv in which he was based...
- Id, Yusif (December 1969). "An Analemma Construction for Right and Oblique Ascensions". The Mathematics Teacher. 62 (8): 669–72. doi:10.5951/MT.62.8.0669...
- radices, mean motion, trigonometrical tables (for finding right and oblique ascension), syzygies com****tion and latitude tables. Some of the tables are...
- astronomy for degrees of the ecliptic of: declination, right ascension, oblique ascension for latitudes 0 degrees to 72 degrees at 2 degree intervals....
- latitude to latitude. The longitudes of the houses (bhava-sphutas), oblique ascensions (rasimanas) and other calculations are all computed for Sayana Rasis...
- panchanga: tithi, karana, nakshatra, and yoga 22 Ascensional difference of the Sun 23 Oblique ascensions of the tropical signs 24 Longitude of the rising...
- have no latitude (β=0º) and the East point of the horizon has a right ascension 6h higher than that of the meridian (or 90º more in hour angle), the equation...
- in terms of right ascension and declination which are measured from the vernal equinox and the celestial equator. Right ascension and declination are...
- obliquity. Spherical trigonometry can then be used on any given object to convert these quantities into an adjustment in the object's right ascension...