obliquity of vision
1obliquity — noun /əˈblɪkwɪti,əˈblɪkwɪɾi,oʊˈblɪkwɪɾi/ a) The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; the angle created by such a deviation. The Planet Earth, so stedfast though she seem, / Insensibly three different… …
2Dimsightedness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Imperfect vision. >Fallacies of vision. < N PARAG:Dimsightedness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dim sight dim sight dull sight half sight short sight near sight long sight double sight astigmatic sight failing sight Sgm: N… …
3Edward Irving — Infobox clergy name = Edward Irving image size = 180px caption = Edward Irving birth date = August 4, 1792 birth place = Annan, Annandale death date = December 7, 1834 death place = church = Church of Scotland; Catholic Apostolic Church (founder) …
4strabismus — n. Squinting, strabism, cast of the eye, obliquity of vision …
5optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …
6Alhazen — For the Moon crater, see Alhazen (crater). For the asteroid, see 59239 Alhazen. Alhazen Alhazen (Ibn al Haytham) …
7Astrometry — is the branch of astronomy that relates to precise measurements and explanations of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. Although once thought of as an esoteric field with little useful application for the… …
8sweep — Synonyms and related words: Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, S curve, aberrancy, aberration, advance, airscape, ambit, arc, arch, ball the jack, barrel, be effortless, be painless, bend, bend back, bending, bias, bingo, boom, bow, bowing …
9Dennis Rawlins — Born 1937 (age 73–74) Baltimore, Maryland, United States Nationality American Occupation Astronomer, Historian, Publisher Dennis Rawlins (born 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American astronomer, historian, and publisher …
10Inventions in medieval Islam — A significant number of inventions were developed in the medieval Islamic world, a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from Al Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east.… …
