slope

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
2. (countable, uncountable) The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
3. (countable, uncountable) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
4. (countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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).
6. (countable, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
2. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
3. (UK, colloquial, usually) To try to move surreptitiously.
4. To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

Adj

Sloping.

Adv

slopingly

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/sloʊp/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From aslope (adjective, adverb).

Sinónimos

incline

slant

hillside

lean

tilt

gradient

inclination

declivity

pitch

decline

dip

hill

grade

tip

stoop

side

fall

bend down

ascent

cant

descent

ramp

bend

bank

🏦

bevel

acclivity

rake

list

steep

escarpment

embankment

mountainside

precipice

declination

bias

slide

shelve

angular coefficient

foot

🦶

rise

fall down

obliqueness

leaning

careen

drop

mound

inclined plane

downslope

downhill

hillock

Traducións

pente

Steigung

Abhang

Hang

pendio

cuesta

helling

Neigung

côte

pendiente

Böschung

salita

pendenza

glooiing

inclinazione