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Meanings of obliquity of the ecliptic in English

Russian
наклон оси вращения планеты
Portuguese
obliquidade da eclíptica
Catalan
obliqüitat
Spanish
oblicuidad de la ecliptica

Angle between the rotational axis and orbital axis of a body.

        наклон оси вращения планеты
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        Examples for "obliquity"
        Examples for "obliquity"
        1
        For his indiscretions, never involving moral obliquity, he had most grievously answered.
        Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman
        2
        In their opinion, only the strangest obliquity of judgment can explain such infatuation.
        The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
        3
        There seemed to be a kind of natural obliquity about her.
        Elsie Venner
        4
        We are told that the difference is one of moral obliquity.
        The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
        5
        But this now carries with it no implication of moral obliquity.
        On Compromise
        1
        Also Venus has no significant axial tilt, which means no seasons.
        Analog sff, december 2009
        2
        It needed a Moon to stabilise its axial tilt.
        What does a martian look like?
        3
        It's because of the Earth's axial tilt.
        Pandaemonium
        4
        No axial tilt to speak of.
        Dogs of war
        5
        This demonstration helps pupils understand why the Earth's axial tilt ensures it's hotter at the equator than at higher latitudes
        The Guardian
        Usage of obliquity of the ecliptic in English
        1
        The Chinese also determined the obliquity of the ecliptic eleven hundred years before our era.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
        2
        The obliquity of the ecliptic is, to a degree, sustained by the relationship between Moon and Earth.
        Moonfall
        3
        Technically, the difference is due to the eccentricity of the earth's orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic.
        The Irish Times
        4
        By these he had calculated the obliquity of the ecliptic, closely enough to serve for a thousand years after.
        Alexandria and Her Schools / Four Lectures Delivered at the Phil...
        5
        Pythagoras taught the obliquity of the ecliptic, probably learned in Egypt, and the identity of the morning and evening stars.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
        6
        Belt, on the other hand, held that the cold was due to an increase in the obliquity of the ecliptic.
        The Naturalist in Nicaragua
        7
        Pythagoras, born 580 B.C., taught the obliquity of the ecliptic, probably learned in Egypt, and the identity of the morning and evening stars.
        The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
        8
        He had investigated the obliquity of the ecliptic with extreme care, so far as the circumstances of astronomical observation would at that time permit.
        Great Astronomers
        9
        They determined the obliquity of the ecliptic, one thousand one hundred years before our era, to be 23 degrees 54' 3-15.
        The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
        10
        "He determined," says Delambre, "the position of the stars by right ascensions and declinations, and was acquainted with the obliquity of the ecliptic.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements