Turning+aside

  • 131Irondequoit — [i rän′də kwoit΄, i rän′dəkwät΄] [< Seneca onyiumdaondagwat, lit., a turning aside from the lake] city in NW N.Y., near Rochester: pop. 52,000 …

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  • 132obliquity — [ə blik′wə tē] n. pl. obliquities [ME obliquitee < L obliquitas] 1. the state or quality of being oblique 2. an oblique statement, action, etc. 3. a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking 4. Astron. the angle between the planes of… …

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