noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
italic type; oblique type
Refers to slanted typefaces in printing and typography. Often used in the phrase 斜体文字 (italic characters).
See also: イタリック体
この単語は斜体で強調されている。
This word is emphasized in italics.
noun
division ring; skew field
Mathematics term for a ring in which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse; a noncommutative field.
四元数全体の集合は斜体をなす。
The set of all quaternions forms a division ring.
イタリック体 is a more specific term for italic type, while 斜体 can also refer to oblique type in general.
From 斜 (しゃ, 'oblique') + 体 (たい, 'form, style'). The mathematical sense is a specialized extension of the typographical meaning.