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- [n] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"
- [n] an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"
- [v] be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
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| | Synonyms: | | gradient, incline, incline, pitch, side |
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| | See Also: | | abruptness, acclivity, angle, ascend, ascent, bank, camber, cant, canyonside, climb, climb, declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downslope, elevation, escarpment, fall, fall, formation, gentleness, geological formation, geology, grade, gradualness, hillside, lean, mountainside, natural elevation, pitch, position, precipitousness, raise, rake, rise, scarp, slant, slant, spatial relation, steepness, stoop, tilt, tip, upgrade, versant |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Slope\, n.
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a
particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
\Slope\, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE.
slipen. See {Slip}, v. i.]
1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a
horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an
inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of
the horizon.
buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
--Macaulay.
Under the slopes of Pisgah. --Deut. iv.
49. (Rev.
Ver.).
Note: A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity;
considered as ascending, an acclivity.
{Slope of a plane} (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as,
parallel planes have the same slope.
\Slope\, a.
Sloping. ``Down the slope hills.'' --Milton.
A bank not steep, but gently slope. --Bacon.
\Slope\, adv.
In a sloping manner. [Obs.] --Milton.
\Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sloping}.]
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting
direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as,
to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in
cutting a garment.
\Slope\, v. i.
1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the
plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
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| | Definition: | | - Land gradient described as the vertical rise divided by the horizontal run and expressed in percent.
- For engineering purposes, slope is expressed as horizontal distance over vertical distance (e.g., a slope of "3 to 1" (3/1) is one with 1 vertical unit for every 3 horizontal units). A slope of "6 to 1" (6/1) is much flatter than a slope of "2 to 1" (2/1).
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