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31obtuse triangle — Geom. a triangle with one obtuse angle. See diag. under triangle. * * * …
32obtuse triangle — noun A triangle one of the angles of which is obtuse …
33obtuse — adjective /əbˈtjuːs,əbˈtʃuːs,əbˈt(j)us,ɑbˈt(j)us/ a) Blunt; not sharp. b) Intellectually dull or dim witted. Syn: dense, dim, dim witted …
34obtuse — 1. Dull in intellect; of slow understanding. 2. Blunt; not acute. [see obtund] * * * ob·tuse äb t(y)üs, əb adj, ob·tus·er; est 1) lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect 2) not pointed or acute <obtuse pain> …
35obtuse — adj. Obtuse is used with these nouns: ↑angle …
36obtuse — ob|tuse [əbˈtju:s US ˈtu:s] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: obtusus blunt , from obtundere to beat against, make blunt ] slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying ▪ But why? said Charles, being deliberately obtuse.… …
37obtuse — [16] The etymological meaning of obtuse is ‘beaten down, blunted’. It comes from Latin obtūsus, the past participle of obtundere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘against’ and tundere ‘beat’ (source of English contusion and related to… …
38obtuse angle — An angle greater than 90° but less than 180°. The first two of the angles below are obtuse. The third one is 90°, also called a right angle. The last of the four is an acute angle …
39obtuse — adjective he frustrated his teachers by pretending to be obtuse Syn: stupid, slow witted, slow, dull witted, unintelligent, ignorant, simpleminded, witless; insensitive, imperceptive, uncomprehending; informal dim, dimwitted, dense, dumb, slow on …
40obtuse — [əbˈtjuːs] adj technical an obtuse angle is between 90º and 180º …
