slant

  • 21Slant 6 — Infobox musical artist Name = Slant 6 Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Washington, D.C., U.S. Instrument = Voice type = Genre = Punk rock Occupation = Years active = 1992… …

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  • 22Slant — Ein RAR (englisch: Real Aperture Radar) ist ein bildgebendes Radar Verfahren. Von einer bewegten Plattform (Flugzeug, Satellit) aus detektiert ein Radar seitlich zur Flugrichtung sequentiell die überflogene Landschaft. Ebenso wie das Synthetic… …

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  • 23slant — slant1 [sla:nt US slænt] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to slope or make something slope in a particular direction ▪ The sun s rays slanted through the trees. ▪ slanting eyes 2.) [T] to provide information …

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  • 24slant — slant1 [ slænt ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to be or move at an angle that is not 90 degrees, or to make something do this: Beckham slanted the ball away from Hobbs. Pale sunlight slanted through the curtains. 2. ) transitive to give… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25slant — {{11}}slant (n.) 1650s, from SLANT (Cf. slant) (v.). Derogatory slang sense of Oriental, slant eyed person is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant eyes (1929). {{12}}slant (v.) 1520s, to strike obliquely (against something), alteration of… …

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  • 26slant — I UK [slɑːnt] / US [slænt] verb Word forms slant : present tense I/you/we/they slant he/she/it slants present participle slanting past tense slanted past participle slanted 1) [intransitive/transitive] to be or move at an angle that is not 90… …

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  • 27slant — [[t]slɑ͟ːnt, slæ̱nt[/t]] slants, slanting, slanted 1) VERB Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical. [V adv/prep] The morning sun slanted through the glass roof... [V adv/prep] Battered pine floors slanted down to a… …

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  • 28slant — 1 verb (I) especially literary to slope or move in a sloping line: slanting handwriting | The sun s rays slanted through the trees. slantingly adverb 2 noun 1 a sloping position or angle: a steep slant | at/on a slant: Set the pole at a slant. 2… …

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  • 29slant — [[t]slænt, slɑnt[/t]] v. i. 1) cvb to veer or angle away from a given level or line, esp. from a horizontal; slope 2) to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usu. fol. by toward) 3) to cause… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30slant — 1. noun /ˈslænt/ a) A slope or incline. The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level. b) A bias, tendency, or leaning; a perspective or …

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