slope
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3.2
- noun
- /sloʊp/
- Specialized
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pendiente
- In mathematics, the slope of a line is determined by the rise over run.
- calculate a slope
- intercept and slope
- slope coefficient
This is going to be your slope number that you'll use.
- This is going to be your slope number that you'll use.
- How steep rise of a run, slope, slope number.
- You see these strong variations, wild variations of the slope changes completely.
Examples
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It's actually an OK approximation for the slope at that point X.
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But the shape and slope are going to be important.
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So this is the slope at X, right?
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So we have our slope, we have our X values.
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I might change the slope of it a little bit.
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For five hours the two forces struggled on the slope below the town.
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That lava slope looks like our best way up.
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I wanted to see if these new gravity boots worked on a slope.
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It tells us how fast the slope is increasing or decreasing.
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Dancing Fox led the way down the slope slowly, aware that Talon hobbled painfully behind.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
125
2.4
A small upward slope in land or a surface
89
3.7
A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down
45
1.4
A part of a road or path that goes up
16
4.6
How steep a slope, road, or ground surface is
12
2.8
A slant away from a straight or level position
11
3.4
How much a surface goes up or down from flat
8
5.7
How steep a surface or road is
6
4.2
A slope on a road or path that goes up
5
5.4
The slope of a roof, road, or surface
5
6.3
The angle or tilt of something compared with a flat line
1
3.3
How quickly a hill or road goes up
1
9.6
A slope that goes down like the side of a hill
How far an object leans from a straight up or straight across line
A slope that goes up
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.7
A downward path a plane follows when approaching a runway guided by instruments
- Specialized
1
7.4
The steep part of the sea floor that drops from a continent's edge to the deep ocean floor
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slope is easy to remember if you think of 'sliding'; just like slide, a slope is the amount a line would let something slide. So the slope tells you how steep that slide is.