downsloping

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English

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Etymology

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From down +‎ sloping.

Adjective

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downsloping (comparative more downsloping, superlative most downsloping)

  1. Sloping downward.
    • 2007 October 14, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Hatchback Plot Is Hatched”, in New York Times[1]:
      With seats folded or erect, the downsloping roof impinges on cargo capacity; a Kia Spectra ’s hatch seems as big as an S.U.V.’s in comparison.

Noun

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downsloping (uncountable)

  1. (meteorology) Air descending a slope, resulting in adiabatic warming and reduction in relative humidity.
    • 2005, Matthew Miller, Weird, Wild & Unpredictable: An Illustrated History of East Tennessee Weather[2], page 42:
      Downsloping creates an environment that is far less conducive to thunderstorms []
    • 2020 NWS Boston 1103 AM EDT forecast discussion:
      While dewpoints are still fairly elevated, due to west downsloping dewpoints are about 2-4 degrees lower than yesterday in the mid to upper 60s.