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slope

slope

38 3.2
How much a line or surface tilts from flat ground
  • noun
  • /sloʊp/
  • Specialized
: 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.

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Examples

  • It's actually an OK approximation for the slope at that point X.

  • But the shape and slope are going to be important.

  • So this is the slope at X, right?

  • So we have our slope, we have our X values.

  • I might change the slope of it a little bit.

  • For five hours the two forces struggled on the slope below the town.

  • That lava slope looks like our best way up.

  • I wanted to see if these new gravity boots worked on a slope.

  • It tells us how fast the slope is increasing or decreasing.

  • Dancing Fox led the way down the slope slowly, aware that Talon hobbled painfully behind.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

descent
vsslope
97 3.7

A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down

measures upward leaning from horizontal rather than downward movement
rise
vsslope
47 2.4

A small upward slope in land or a surface

is the angular amount a line or surface tilts from horizontal
tilt
vsslope
21 2.8

A slant away from a straight or level position

is a precise measure of angular lean rather than the act of leaning
climb
vsslope
16 1.4

A part of a road or path that goes up

is the measured angle of a line or surface, not the feature itself
grade
vsslope
14 4.6

How steep a slope, road, or ground surface is

is the basic measure of how much a line or surface inclines
slant
vsslope
13 3.4

How much a surface goes up or down from flat

focuses on the measured degree of that deviation from horizontal
gradient
vsslope
  • Specialized
12 5.7

How steep a surface or road is

is the overall degree of leaning of a line or flat surface
pitch
vsslope
  • Specialized
5 5.4

The slope of a roof, road, or surface

is the general measure of how much a line or surface leans from horizontal
ascent
vsslope
4 4.2

A slope on a road or path that goes up

measures degree of incline rather than the act of going up
inclination
vsslope
  • Specialized
3 6.3

The angle or tilt of something compared with a flat line

is about the degree of leaning from horizontal rather than movement
steepness
vsslope
1 3.3

How quickly a hill or road goes up

gives the exact degree of incline for a line or flat surface
declivity
vsslope
1 9.6

A slope that goes down like the side of a hill

is the degree of upward incline, not a downward feature
tilt angle
vsslope
  • Specialized
1 4.7

How far an object leans from a straight up or straight across line

is the general degree of lean of a line or surface
rising slope
vsslope
1 3.5

A slope that goes up

is the numeric degree of incline rather than the physical rising area

Antonyms

79 2.8

Parallel to the horizon, like a flat table top

47 1.0

Having a flat surface

Compounds

A situation where one small change leads to more and worse problems

7 1.6

A hill covered with snow made for people to ski down

glide slope
  • Specialized
2 6.7

A downward path a plane follows when approaching a runway guided by instruments

continental slope
  • Specialized
1 7.4

The steep part of the sea floor that drops from a continent's edge to the deep ocean floor

1 3.5

A slope that goes up

How Steep

cliff
307 1.0
steep
148 2.5
slope
  • Specialized
38 3.2
gentle
5 1.0
level
47 1.0

Surface Forms

slope singular
slopes plural

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.