Oblique Axes
An oblique coordinate system is one in which the axes are not necessarily orthogonal to each other; that is, they meet at angles other than right angles.
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Famous quotes containing the words oblique and/or axes:
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—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“Henothing common did, or mean,
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