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slope
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[ noun ] (geography) an elevated geological formation
Examples "he climbed the steep slope" "the house was built on the side of the mountain" Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)Check the elevation of the ground , degree and direction of slopes , drainage , rock_outcrops , topsoil types and quality , as_well_as subsoil . (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)The side slopes were coated with fiberglas matting coated with asphalt to prevent erosion . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)On the forward slope in_front_of his own post stretched two rows of barbed_wire . At the slope 's base coils of concertina stretched out_of eye range like a wild tangle of children 's hoops , stopped simultaneously , weirdly poised as if awaiting the magic of the child 's touch to start them all rolling again . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)They crept down the muddy slope toward the waiting boats . |
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[ noun ] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
Synonyms Examples "a five-degree grade" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)Hence , the electron paramagnetic effects ( slope ) can be separated from the nuclear effects ( intercept ) . (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)In the C-plane we construct a set of rectangular Cartesian coordinates u , v with the origin at Q and such_that both C and **f have finite slope at Q . The roots of this equation are just the ordinates of the intersections of the graph of b with a straight_line of unit slope through **f in the b-plane ( the plane of the graph of b ) . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)It was that oddly shaped space at the very top of the house , where ceiling heights had to accommodate themselves to the varying angles of roof slope . Related terms |
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