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For example, it is not a malapropism to use obtuse [wide or dull] instead of acute [narrow or sharp]; it is a malapropism to use obtuse [stupid or slow-witted] when one means abstruse [esoteric or difficult to understand]. Malapropisms tend to maintain the part of speech of the originally intended word.
to play the fool, to be purposefully obtuse: tendo: a tent: tendumi: to camp (with tents) ≈ bivaki to bivouac (without tents) vento: a wind: ventumi: to fan--umo: something whose name is unknown or forgotten
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;
People who do not respond quickly with information about their name, location, and the time are considered "obtuse" or "confused". [8] A confused person may be bewildered, disoriented, and have difficulty following instructions. [9] The person may have slow thinking and possible memory time loss.
You are honestly asking why it would be a good idea to prevent false unjustified claims from appearing on wikipedia? If you aren't being purposefully obtuse, one good reason is that the literal only thing preventing wikipedia from publishing any kind of misinformation is whether or not the editors happen to subjectively distrust the source.
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It can be used to define the rhombohedral lattice system, a honeycomb with rhombohedral cells. A rhombohedron has two opposite apices at which all face angles are equal; a prolate rhombohedron has this common angle acute, and an oblate rhombohedron has an obtuse angle at these vertices.
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