Slope
31slope — 1) a major region from a drainage divide to the sea, e.g. the Pacific slope 2) the slope seaward from the shelf edge to the beginning of a continental rise or where there is a general reduction in slope 3) slap …
32slope — Synonyms and related words: acclivity, angle, angularity, ascend, ascent, bank, bend, bevel, bezel, camber, cant, careen, chute, climb, decline, declivity, deflection, descend, descent, deviation, dip, downgrade, drop, drop off, easy slope, fall …
33slope — 1. noun a) An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. I had to climb a small slope to get to the site. b) The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point. Syn: bank,… …
34slope — [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of… …
35slope — (also called slope gradient or gradient) The inclination of the land surface from the horizontal. Percent slope is the vertical distance divided by the horizontal distance, then multiplied by 100. SW …
36slope — 1. noun 1) the slope of the roof Syn: gradient, incline, angle, slant, inclination, pitch, decline, ascent, declivity, rise, fall, tilt, tip, downslope, upslope, grade, downgrade, upgra …
37slope — [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of… …
38slope — Угол наклона шрифта (Slope) Основной угол наклона наклонного [механически или программно наклоненный шрифт, не отличается строением букв от прямого начертания] или курсивного [наклонное начертание шрифта с рукописной формой строчных букв]… …
39slope — n an Oriental person, especially a Viet namese. This derogatory term, deriving from slope eyed , moved from the US to Australia in the 1970s. ► The newest new Australians , as an yone who looks foreign is called, are the Lebanese and the… …
40Slope — Sp Slòpas Ap Slope L JAV apyg. (Š. Dakota) …