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Definition of Slanting
1. Adjective. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
Similar to: Inclined
Derivative terms: Diagonal, Diagonal, Diagonal
Definition of Slanting
1. a. Oblique; sloping.
Definition of Slanting
1. Verb. (present participle of slant) ¹
2. Noun. The state or quality of being slanted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slanting
1. slant [v] - See also: slant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanting
Literary usage of Slanting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primary Object Lessons: For Training the Senses and Developing the Faculties by Norman Allison Calkins (1878)
"slanting AND VERTICAL LINES. slanting. — Taking a pointer, a ruler, or pencil,
the teacher holds it before the class, first in an upright position, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Atrides now was there, and shunn'da clash : But, slanting from the roadway,
Nestor's Son Quicken'd his steeds, then slanted back, and bare Full on him, ..."
3. Manual of Physical Drill: United States Army by Edmund Luther Butts (1897)
"The exercises of climbing are the same as the slanting pole, ... PAIK OF slanting
POLES. These are fixed at an angle of about forty-five degrees and are ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Artificial Crown-, Bridge-, and Porcelain-work by George Evans (1920)
"Fractures are longitudinal or slanting. The longitudinal fracture passes ...
The slanting extends from the center or between the cusps to the side on the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"To whatever distance the bars are moved they are held parallel by the slanting
connections. FIG. is. FIG. 16. Fig. 25 is a toggle joint. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and the determining of the extent and point of application of the pressure on
the slanting inner side of a vessel by the liquid contained therein was in ..."
7. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"Sp. bisel, the basil edge of a plate of looking- glass, which were formerly
ornamented with a border ground slanting from the general surface of the glass. ..."
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