Oblique
adjective
1. at an angle; slanting; sloping
2. geometry
a.(of lines, planes, etc) neither perpendicular nor parallel to one another or to another line, plane, etc
b.not related to or containing a right angle
noun
1. something oblique, esp a line
2. another name for solidus
verb (intr)
1. to take or have an oblique direction
2. (of a military formation) to move forward at an angle
Disequilibrium
noun
1. lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
Extrapolation
noun
1. an act or instance of inferring an unknown from something that is known.
2. Statistics , Mathematics . the act or process of estimating the value of a variable or function outsidethe tabulated or observed range.
Hierarchy
noun
1. any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
2. government by ecclesiastical rulers.
3. the power or dominion of a hierarch.
4. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive ranks or orders:the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
5. one of the three divisions of the angels, each made up of three orders, conceived as constituting agraded body.
Appertain
verb (used without object)
1. to belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.; pertain or relate (usually followed by to):privileges that appertain to members of the royal family.
Adhesion
noun
1. the quality or condition of sticking together or holding fast
2. ability to make firm contact without skidding or slipping
3. attachment or fidelity, as to a political party, cause, etc
4. an attraction or repulsion between the molecules of unlike substances in contact: distinguished fromcohesion
5. pathol abnormal union of structures or parts
Threshold
noun
1. the sill of a doorway.
2. the entrance to a house or building.
3. any place or point of entering or beginning:the threshold of a new career.
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