slanting

About 0.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
2. verb present participle and gerund of slant
3. noun The state or quality of being slanted.

   The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing.

Similar words

aslant aslope inclined sloped sloping diagonal unperpendicular nonperpendicular unslanted oblique

Often followed by

rays eyes position direction down lines through in line roof