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Look up: obtuse

  1. obtuse
    blunt/stupid 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  2. Obtuse
    blunt
    Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac

  3. obtuse
    (Of pileus, cystidia, spores) rounded or blunt.
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  4. obtuse
    [adj] - of a leaf shape 2. [adj] - of an angle 3. [adj] - lacking in insight or discernment
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Obtuse
    Rounded or blunt.
    Found on http://www.naturedirect2u.com/Medicinal%

  6. Obtuse
    Definition (keystage 2) An obtuse angle is an angle greater than 90 degrees, but less than 180 degrees. <br /> An obtuse angled triangle is a triangle which has an obtuse angle.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  7. Obtuse
    Ob·tuse' adjective [ Compar. Obtuser ; superl. Obtusest .] [ Latin obtusus , past participle of obtundere to blunt: confer French obtus . See Obtund .] 1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/7

  8. obtuse
    Blunt or rounded at the apex, the converging edges separated by an angle greater than 90 degrees. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. obtuse
    purblind adjective lacking in insight or discernment; `too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior`; `a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin`- Jasper Griffin
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. obtuse
    adjective of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. obtuse
    adjective of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Obtuse
    `Obtuse` may refer to: * Obtuse angle, an angle of between 90 and 180 degrees * Obtuse triangle, a triangle with an internal angle of between 90 and 180 degrees * leaf shape *Lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obtuse

  13. Obtuse
    • (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. • (superl.) Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. • (superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. obtuse
    obtuse 1. Slow to understand or to perceive something; lacking fast perception or intellect. 2. In mathematics, an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. 3. A triangle with one internal angle greater than 90 degrees. 4. Blunt, not sharp or pointed. 5. A description of leafs that have rounded or blunt tips. 6. Etymology: from...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. Obtuse
    A term used to describe a rounded tip or blunt tipped artifact.
    Found on http://members.aol.com/artgumbus/glossar

  16. obtuse
    rounded or blunt at the apex.
    Found on http://www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/

  17. obtuse
    An obtuse angle is an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°. An obtuse triangle is a triangle that contains an obtuse angle. The word comes from the Latin ob ('against') and tundere ('to beat') and thus refers to things that are blunt, dull, or rounded.
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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