oblique angle
Plural
oblique angles
1
an angle that measures either less or more that 90 degrees
- In a parallelogram, opposite angles are oblique angles since they are not right angles.
- An acute angle in a right-angled triangle is an example of an oblique angle.
- A 45-degree angle is considered an oblique angle, falling between 0 and 90 degrees.
- An angle measuring 120 degrees is an example of an oblique angle between 90 and 180 degrees.
- A 150-degree angle is another example of an oblique angle, falling in the second quadrant.
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