Meaning of double-oblique | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Combining or including two oblique angles.
   not-comparable
2. Aligning the agent and object in nonergative tenses but aligning the subject and object in ergative tenses.
   not-comparable, rare

Examples

“In certain other molluscan muscles, however, Marceau (1908) observed double-oblique striations which could not be ascribed to the presence of spirally wound, homogeneous fibrils.”

“In double⟳ oblique angulations, the first rotation is chosen about the vertical image axis and the second about the (new) horizontal axis.”

“Figure⟳ 1(a) shows a novel translating follower having double⟳ oblique flat-faced configuration.”

“These applications include⟳ the startup of a supersonic test⟳ section, single and double⟳ oblique shock⟳ diffusers, supersonic airfoils, and supersonic nozzles.”

“Even less common is the double-oblique type⟳, found in certain Pamir languages (Payne 1980), Kashmiri and Pashto (Bubenik 1989b).”

“The historical origin of the double-oblique system can be easily reconstructed: the transitive past with its characteristic double-oblique form⟳ as shown in (53) was originally ergative, with an oblique A and an absolutive O.”

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