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slope::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gradient |
| Type of | position, spatial relation |
| Has types | precipitousness, gentleness, abruptness, slant, gradualness, pitch, steepness, grade, rake |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | incline, side |
| Type of | geological formation, formation |
| Has types | ascent, bank, camber, cant, canyonside, climb, coast, declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, escarpment, fall, decline, acclivity, hillside, mountainside, piedmont, raise, rise, scarp, ski slope, upgrade, versant |
he climbed the steep slope.
Examples of slope
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On the slope above them half a dozen vividly red lobsters erupt from the ground.
From the thenewstribune.com
View of a slope on Mars as it would be seen from a helicopter inside the crater.
From the theepochtimes.com
Harbouring bad feelings is a slippery slope which would erode your relationship.
From the guardian.co.uk
A long hole that can play shorter if the drive catches the slope in the fairway.
From the delawareonline.com
Insuring against valuables is a bit of a slippery slope and can encourage fraud.
From the techcrunch.com
Did they slope off and buy cheap booze and promise to make each other mix tapes?
From the hecklerspray.com
Thsi is not a cave-in, A land slide, a slope failure, yes but a cave-in, no way.
From the ocregister.com
When we go skiing, I don't have to run down the slope holding them in a harness.
From the cnn.com
Policy adjustments are made by changing the slope, width and centre of the band.
From the bloomberg.com
- An elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
- Be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
- Gradient: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
- In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line describes its steepness, incline, or grade. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline.
- Slope is the debut solo album by drummer Steve Jansen, released in 2007 by Samadhi Sound. The album includes guest musicians and was recorded all over the world.
- *This article is for the Grade of a topographic feature or constructed element, for other uses see: Slope (disambiguation)
- An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward; The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward; The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical; The slope of the line tangent to a curve ...
- (Slopeness) bend, bevel, bias, cant, crookedness, curve, distortion, inclination, leaning, list, lurch, obliquity, slant, slope, swag, tilt, tower of Pisa, twist.
- Incline or pitch of roof surface.
