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slope
English
Etymology
From aslope (adjective, adverb).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /slo?p/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sl??p/
- Rhymes: -??p
Noun
slope (countable and uncountable, plural slopes)
- An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
- The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
- (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
- (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
- 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).
- (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Synonyms
- (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward): bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline
- (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward): gradient
- (mathematics): first derivative, gradient
- (offensive: Chinese person): Chinaman, Chink
Translations
Verb
slope (third-person singular simple present slopes, present participle sloping, simple past and past participle sloped)
- (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
- (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
- (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
- (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
Derived terms
- ski slope
- slippery slope
- Slope County
- sloping
Translations
Adjective
slope (comparative more slope, superlative most slope)
- (obsolete) Sloping.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- A bank not steep, but gently slope.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
Adverb
slope (comparative more slope, superlative most slope)
- (obsolete) slopingly
Anagrams
- LEPOs, Poles, S-pole, eslop, lopes, olpes, poles, spole
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
slope
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of sluipen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of slopen
Anagrams
- sloep, spoel
slope From the web:
- what slope is parallel to m=4
- what slope is perpendicular to 5/8
- what slope is parallel to m=3/4
- what slope is perpendicular to m=3
- what slope is undefined
- what slope is a horizontal line
- what slope is a vertical line
- what slope intercept form
valley
English
Etymology
From Middle English valey, valeye, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vall?s/vallis. Doublet of vlei.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?l'?, IPA(key): /?væli/
- Rhymes: -æli
Noun
valley (plural valleys)
- An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
- Synonyms: (poetic) vale; see also Thesaurus:valley
- The area which drains into a river.
- Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
- The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Hyponyms
- closed-cut valley
- open valley
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- dale
- dell
- vale
Anagrams
- y'all've
Manx
Noun
valley
- Lenited form of balley.
valley From the web:
- what valley is phoenix in
- what valley is fresno in
- what valley am i in
- what valley is valley girl
- what valley is bakersfield in
- what valley means
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