Look up: slope

1. Slope
   A steep-sloping bottom extending seaward from the edge of the continental shelf and downward toward the rise
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2. Slope
   The degree of inclination to the horizontal. Usually expressed as a ratio, such as 1:25, indicating one unit rise in 25 units of horizontal distance; or in a decimal fraction (0.04). Also called GRADIENT.
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3. slope
   [n] - an elevated geological formation 2. [v] - be at an angle
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4. Slope
   Also called the gradient. The rate of increase in the vertical-axis variable for a unit change in the horizontal-axis variable.
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5. Slope
   The measure of the tilt of a line, the rise over run or how much the line moves up for every movement to the right.For a straight line in the plane, the slope is the tangent of the angle it forms with the positive X axis. For a curve the slope is the slope of the tangent line. If the slope is constant a line is straight.
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6. slope
   a) in the context of broadband transmission systems, a term deriving from an amplitude/frequency characteristic and used, for example, to express the difference in decibels between the values of gain of an amplifier at two specified frequencies; b) similarly, the difference in decibels in the attenu...
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7. Slope
   Incline or pitch of roof surface.
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8. Slope
   Slope noun [ Formed (like abode from abide ) from Middle English slipen . See Slip , intransitive verb ] 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direc...
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9. Slope
   Slope adjective Sloping. 'Down the slope hills.' Milton. « A bank not steep, but gently slope .» Bacon.
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10. Slope
    Slope adverb In a sloping manner. [ Obsolete] Milton.
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11. Slope
    Slope transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sloped ; present participle & verbal noun Sloping .] To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquel...
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12. Slope
    Slope intransitive verb 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes . 2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [ Slang]
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13. Slope
    Slope noun The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope .
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14. slope
    1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another. ... 2. Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon. ' buildings the summit and slope of a hill.' (Macaulay) 'Un...
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15. slope
    incline noun an elevated geological formation; `he climbed the steep slope`; `the house was built on the side of a mountain`
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16. slope
    noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; `a five-degree gradient`
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17. Slope
    • (n.) The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope. • (v. i.) To depart; to disappear suddenly. • (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes. • ...
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18. slope
    (from the article `tangent`) in geometry, straight line (or smooth curve) that touches a given curve at one point; at that point the slope of the curve is equal to that of the ... [3 related articles]
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19. slope
    (from the article `mining`) The walls of a pit have a certain slope determined by the strength of the rock mass and other factors. The stability of these walls, and even of ... There are three types of portal: drift, slope, and shaft. Where a coal seam outcrops to the surface, it is common to drive horizontal entries, called ... [2 r...
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20. Slope
    Primary inclined opening, connection the surface with the underground workings.
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21. Slope
    - The incline angle of a roof surface, given as a ratio of the rise (in inches) to the run (in feet). See also pitch.
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22. Slope
    The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise, in inches, to the run, in feet.
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23. SLOPE
    Incline or pitch of roof surface.
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24. slope
    
    • an elevated geological formation
    • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
    
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25. Slope
    The angle or inclination a structural member makes with reference to a horizontal position expressed in inches of vertical rise per 12 inches of horizontal run, i.e. 3/12.
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