rake
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- noun
- /reɪk/
- Specialized
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inclinación
- The frame I got now weighs, as I said, 14 kg, and it has a rake that is 27.5 degrees. Anyone know what the rake is?
- rake of the roof
- eaves and rakes
Examples
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The answer was 27 degrees of rake; well then, I am only 0.5 degrees off.
Blog text (34) -
Since I can't be bothered with changing them all the time, I will go with 24 degrees of rake.
Blog text (34) -
I really like the long rake angle of this.
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That's where the rake position raising the rear end of the car came from.
Academic text (1990) -
Supersingles like a steeper rake of 21 degrees.
Blog text (34) -
Anyone know what the rake is on the factory frame on the TM450 SMR?
Blog text (34) -
The hearth was at such a rake that the smoke, in its rise, banked off the sidewall before finding its way up the chimney.
Fiction book (1997) -
The architect specified a rake of 30 degrees for the sloped roof.
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During the presentation, the engineer explained the rake necessary for proper drainage.
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Adjustments were made to achieve the desired rake on the theater stage for optimal visibility.
Synonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rake (noun: slope) comes from an old sense of 'slant' or 'lean', and this is the same idea in raking light that hits at an angle, so a roof's rake is simply its slant.