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| slope |
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| slope |
| 1. n. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. |
| I had to climb a small slope to get to the site. |
| 2. n. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. |
| The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point. |
| 3. n. (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. |
| The slope of this line is 0.5 |
| 4. n. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point. |
| The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x. |
| 5. n. 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). |
| The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater. |
| 6. n. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent. |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward. |
| The road slopes sharply down at that point. |
| 8. v. To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. |
| to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment |
| 9. v. (colloquial usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously. |
| I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me. |
| 10. v. (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. |
| The order was given to "slope arms". |
| 11. adj. (obsolete) Sloping. |
| 12. adv. (obsolete) slopingly |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| helling |
| 1. n-f. inclination, slope |
| 2. n-f. (geology) dip |
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