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obliquity noun

  /oʊˈblɪkwɪti/ , /əˈblɪkwɪti/
  • The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. [from 15th c.]
 конусность, косое направле́ние, накло́н, перекос, скос, у́гол наклона
  • (astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
 накло́н о́си враще́ния
  • Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality. [from 15th c.]
 наруше́ние, оши́бка, просту́пок

oblique adjective

  /oʊˈbliːk/ , /ɑːbˈlaik/ , /əˈbliːk/
  • Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
 ко́свенный, косо́й, накло́нный, непрямо́й, око́льный, пока́тый
  • Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
  • Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  • (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
 ко́свенный, непрямо́й, око́льный
oblique case
ко́свенный паде́ж
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