Whence comes French "biais", "a slant, a slope, an oblique". The ends of the "kasagi" are slightly thicker, giving the impression of an upward slant. Ships will launch the missile with the installation of vertical and slant launch systems. They diverge slightly as they slant back from the head. In a falling wedge, both boundary lines slant down from left to right. In a rising wedge, both boundary lines slant up from left to right. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the right. Much of her film work has a strong political slant. These differences in slant and shape are more prominent when written with an ink brush. Dyson would then slant left through the middle of the field. In this programme James discussed various issues with a slightly humorous slant. The wall is thick and surmounted by a plain slant coping. It featured introspective songs, often with a negative slant. The glass surfaces also slant inside and are recessed in relation to the piers. He accuses this conception of having a theological and metaphysical slant.