slants
Goes off-level
Slants covers things positioned at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
Light slants through blinds.
Handwriting slants right or left.
A slant is also a particular perspective or bias: The article had a political slant.
To slant information is to present it with bias.
As a noun, slant is an ethnic slur for East Asians, referencing eye shape—highly offensive.
Geometric measure of rotation
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- leanLacking fat; incline
- pitchFrequency of sound
gradient · cant · rake · incline · bank · camber · bevel · skew
Attitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
partiality · skew · distortion · editorial · interpretation · stance · bent · twist
angle
Geometric measure of rotation
pitch · gradient · cant · rake · incline · bank · camber · bevel · skew · diagonal
perspective
Attitude or spatial rendering
prejudice · partiality · skew · distortion · editorial · interpretation · stance · bent · twist · framing
- slopesslope, incline, slopes, inclines, grade
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- Defensive Linedefensive tackle, defensive end, nose tackle, nose guard, left tackle
- on a slant
- editorial slantMedia outlet's viewpoint tendency
- slant rhymesApproximate phonetic echoes
- slant lineAngled linear mark