slope

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Etymology

From aslope (a & adv).

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• Rhymes: -əʊp

Noun

A sign indicating a road with a 25% gradient slope in Elenith, Wales

Wikipedia slope (plural slopes)

1. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

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

2. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

   The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

3. (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. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

   The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

5. 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). For English units of measurement, when dimensions are given in inches, slope may be expressed as a ratio of rise to run, such as 4:12 or an an angle.

   The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.

6. (vulgar, highly offensive) 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

area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward

Bosnian: nagib (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 斜坡 (cmn) (xiépō), 坡 (zh) (pō) Czech: svah (cs) m. Dutch: helling (nl) f. Finnish: rinne (fi) French: pente (fr) f. German: Steigung (de) f., Hang (de) m. Hungarian: emelkedő (hu), lejtő (hu) Indonesian: lereng (id) Irish: fána Italian: pendio (it) m. Japanese: スロープ (ja) (surōpu), 傾斜 (ja) (けいしゃ, keisha), 勾配 (ja) (こうばい, kōbai)

Middle English: hange Portuguese: ladeira (pt) f. Russian: склон (ru) (sklon) m., скат (ru) (skat) m., откос (ru) (otkós) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀бронак (sh) m., падина (sh) f. Roman: òbronak (sh) m., pàdina (sh) f. Slovak: svah (sk) m. Slovene: klanec m. Spanish: pendiente (es) f., cuesta (es) f. Swahili: mteremko (sw) Telugu: వాలు (vaalu) !Xóõ: !āho

degree to which a surface tends upward or downward

Chinese: Mandarin: 斜率 (cmn) (xiélǜ), 斜度 (cmn) (xiédù) Czech: stoupání (cs) n. Dutch: helling f., steilte f., glooiing (nl) f. Finnish: kaltevuus (fi), jyrkkyys (fi) French: pente f., inclinaison Galician: pendente (gl) f. German: Steigung (de) f.

Hungarian: meredekség (hu) Italian: pendenza f. Russian: уклон (ru) (uklón) m., наклон (ru) (naklón) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: падина (sh) f. Roman: pàdina (sh) f. Slovak: sklon (sk) m., stúpanie (sk) Slovene: naklon m., strmina f.

mathematics

Chinese: Mandarin: 斜率 (cmn) (xiélǜ) Czech: sklon (cs) m. Dutch: richtingscoëfficient, helling Finnish: kulmakerroin (fi) French: pente (fr) f. Galician: pendente (gl) f. German: Steigung (de) f. Greek: εφαπτομένη (el) f., συντελεστής διεύθυνσης (el) m.

Hungarian: meredekség (hu) Italian: inclinazione f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: косѝна (sh) f. Roman: kosìna (sh) f. Slovak: sklon (sk) m. Slovene: strmina f. Spanish: inclinación (es)

offensive: a person of East Asian descent

Dutch: spleetoog (nl) Estonian: kili (et) German: Schlitzauge (de) m., f., and n., Schlitzi (de) m. and f. Italian: muso giallo (it) m. Russian: узкоглазый (ru) (uzkoglázyj) m., косоглазый (ru) (kosoglázyj) m.

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: косооки (sh) m. Roman: kosooki (sh) m. Spanish: ojo chueco (es)

Verb

slope (third-person singular simple present slopes, present participle sloping, simple past and past participle sloped)

1. To tend steadily upward or downward.

   The road slopes sharply down at that point.

2. (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.

3. (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."

Translations

to tend steadily upward or downward

Dutch: glooien (nl) Finnish: kallistua Italian: digradare (ground), pendere (floor), essere in pendenza, essere inclinato (writing)

Swahili: mteremko (sw)

to try to move surreptitiously

Finnish: livahtaa, Italian: muoversi furtivamente

Swahili: mteremko (sw)

Derived terms

• slippery slope
• sloping

Anagrams

• lopes
• olpes
• poles, Poles

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Dutch

Verb

slope

1. singular past subjunctive of sluipen.
2. singular present subjunctive of slopen.

Anagrams

• sloep, spoel