Slope

Quick meaning: Slope is a noun meaning An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

Meaning

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

More Meanings

1. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
2. (UK, slang, dated) A hasty departure.
3. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
4. (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
5. (mathematics, of a curve at a given point; sometimes proscribed, see Usage notes) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
6. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
7. (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Example Sentences

a steep slope

The slope of this line is 0.5

The road slopes sharply down at that point.

I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.

Word Forms

• slopes
• sloping
• sloped

Synonyms for slope

Depending on context, synonyms include bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline, Chinaman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gradient, incline, side, pitch, tilt, slant.

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