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n. - The quality of being deceptive; The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle.

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  • Cutting through the obliquity, which is formidable, his ever-changing "deadline" will be adjusted if realities on the ground so dictate.
  • The plane of the equator makes an angle of approximately 23.43 0 with the ecliptic plane; this angle is known as the obliquity of the ecliptic.
  • The plane of the Ecliptic is inclined to that of the Equinoctial at an angle of 23° 27-1/2 ', and this inclination is called the obliquity of the
  • 28 ', which angle is called the obliquity of the ecliptic.
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