In short, he paid in full in physical misery and mental anxiety and wretchedness for the real moral obliquity of his crime.
What does the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator serve to show?
But the diminished obliquity of the sun's rays, is not the sole cause of the heat of summer; the length of the days greatly conduces to it; for the longer the sun is above the horizon, the more heat he will communicate to the earth.
But I believe I shall render the effects of the obliquity of the earth's axis clearer to you, by the revolution of the little globe round a candle, which shall represent the sun.
The latest argument is that Handel shows moral obliquity in borrowing "regrettably" from sources no one could know at the time.
Weather of a windmill sail, the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.
To the Christian, on the other hand, the dread enemy is sin--that moral obliquity which differentiates the soul from the perfect ethical beauty of God.
And how strangely does it contrast with the moral obliquity and selfish indifference to human interest which characterize Hindu incarnations!
Chaucer says the obliquity of the ecliptic, according to Ptolemy, was 23d 50'.
Obliquity of the axis of the vortex 15° to 32° variable.
With such slow movements may be mentioned the diminution of the obliquity of the ecliptic, which has been proceeding for ages, but which will reach a limit and then commence to increase.
Ecliptic, discovery of obliquity of, falsely imputed to Anaximenes, i.
This learned man was a skilful astronomer; he composed tables of the moon; of the longitudes of many Asiatic and African towns; he determined the obliquity of the ecliptic, his result being honourably alluded to by Copernicus.
Almaimon had determined with considerable accuracy the obliquity of the ecliptic.
He states, moreover, that the observation of Ebn Junis of the obliquity of the ecliptic, properly corrected for parallax and refraction, gives for the year A.
They had ascertained the globular form of the earth and the obliquity of the ecliptic.
The dust on the ledge was nearly on a level with the woman's eye, and, though insignificant in quantity, showed itself distinctly on account of this obliquity of vision.
Where the person suspected of mysterious moral obliquity is the possessor of great physical and intellectual attractions, the mere sense of incongruity adds an extra shudder to dread.
But if this obliquityof genius, if I may so call it, be so remarkable in the matters already alluded to, it is still more so in all that is calculated to give an insight into the constitution of their mind.
They have given somewhat of a Siamese, or rather Tartar expression to the features, by rather prolonging the eyebrows, and giving an obliquity to the eye; the nose is more sharp, and the lips very thick.
Astronomy teaches us also that since this period the obliquity of the earth's position has been considerably diminished.
I have seen a young specimen, about a quarter of an inch in basal diameter, with the orifice of the shell toothed owing to the obliquity of the summits of the radii; and this gave the shell a very peculiar aspect.
The shape is usually that of a cup, the orifice being, in most cases, rather large, and deeply notched, owing to the great obliquity of the radii and alae.
The orifice of the shell is small, rhomboidal, and not quite entire, owing to the obliquity of the summits of the moderately broad radii.
Nevertheless, the obliquity of the upper margin, and the breadth of the radii are useful characters; and still more useful is the fact whether the upper margins are smooth and arched, or straight and jagged.
Besides the slight variation in the obliquity of the summits of the radii and alae, dependent on the more or less cylindrical form of the shell, in some species, as in B.
The obliquity of the summits of the radii and alae varies, in some cases, in the same species.
The orifice is either entire or more or less deeply toothed, in proportion to the degree of obliquity of the summits of the radii and alae.
Some have maintained that the obelisks which they erected served the purpose of gnomons, for determining the obliquity of the ecliptic, the altitude of the pole, and the length of the tropical year.
They knew theobliquity of the ecliptic, and determined the place of the sun's apogee as well as its mean motion.
The obliquity of the ecliptic is the angle which its plane makes with that of the equator.
From this expression is derived the value of the obliquity at various epochs given in the following table.
It can, however, be shown that the obliquity cannot vary more than two or three degrees within a million of years of our epoch.
The motion of the ecliptic produces a secular variation in the obliquity which is now diminishing by an amount nearly equal to the entire motion of the ecliptic itself.
Attempts have been made by Laplace and his successors to fix certain limits within which the obliquity of the ecliptic shall always be confined.
Because the rays (which fall at various degrees of obliquity on the lake) are reflected at similar angles; but as only those which enter the eye of the spectator will be visible, all the water will appear dark but that one spot.
Because the rays (which fall at various degrees of obliquity on the water) are reflected at similar angles; but as only those which meet the eye of the spectator are visible, all the sea will appear dark but that one spot.
All these cases amount to nothing at all as cases of plagiarism, and for this reason expose the more conspicuously that obliquity of feeling which could seek to decline the very slight acknowledgments required.
Astronomers have given various explanations to account for this inequality of the praecession and also of the obliquity of the tropicks.
And thus the pole attains the period of the anomaly of the praecession of the aequinoxes twice; and that of the declination or obliquity once only.
On the anomaly of the Praecession of the Equinoxes, and of the obliquity of the Zodiack.
But when it faces I directly, then the maximum obliquity G is observed at the solstitial colure; but when it faces L, there is the minimum obliquity H at the solstitial colure.
On the anomaly of the Praecession of the Aequinoxes, & of the obliquity of the Zodiack.
In much later years, however, "obliquity of vision" has been found to be no obstacle to success upon the stage.
Roscius is said to have always played in a vizard, on account of a disfiguring obliquity of vision with which he was afflicted.
This obliquity of the pastern is another safeguard against concussion, and it renders impossible the first contact with the ground at any point other than at the heel.
The structure of the wall is fibrous--the fibres running parallel to each other, and with the same obliquity as that presented by the front of the wall.
You have not yet told us what degree of obliquity the sail ought to make with the wind,” said the vicar.
This disingenuity of character is betrayed by the obliquity of its movements and the ambiguity of its looks.
They readily conform to the habits of society, but never acquire its manners; for of attachment they have only the appearance, as may be seen by the obliquity of their motions, and duplicity of their looks.
Some hidden obliquity in the Treadwell soul, which kept it always at cross-purposes with life, prevented any lessening of the deep antagonism between the old and the young of the race.
And so incurable was this obliquity in the soul of Cyrus, that it forced him now to take a tone which he had resolutely set his mind against from the moment of Mrs. Peachey's visit.
The obliquity of the earth's axis, which gives us the changes of the seasons, is apparently included in the arrangements of the fourth creative day.
Astronomers consider it improbable that the obliquity of the ecliptic has materially changed, and serious differences of opinion exist as to the effects which a greater or less obliquity would produce on climate.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obliquity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
