slope

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

1. To tend steadily upward or downward.
2. To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
3. (colloquial) 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

Concepten

helling

glooiing

hellen

aflopen

schuinte

talud

zich bukken

buigen

overhellen

spleetoog

glooien

klim

afrit

richtingscoëfficient

steilte

er vandoor gaan

berm

gradiënt

neigen

sluipen

verval

wal

inclinatie

afhellen

afschuinen

Synoniemen

incline

slant

hillside

lean

tilt

gradient

inclination

declivity

pitch

dip

decline

grade

stoop

hill

tip

bend down

fall

side

cant

ramp

descent

ascent

bend

bank

🏦

rake

bevel

acclivity

list

precipice

embankment

escarpment

steep

mountainside

declination

brae

steepness

inclined plane

veer

bias

foot

🦶

slide

fall down

become lower

shelve

lean to one side

leaning

rise

angular coefficient

mound

downslope

obliqueness

downgrade

downhill

drop

careen

hillock

tend

tendency

terrace

tipping

trend

upgrade

verge

while away

side of hill

angle of dip

slanting surface

be partial to

sidehill

depression

utterness

magnetic dip

rigourousness

grade of slope

slope gradient

falling gradient

degree of slope

abruptness

flank of a hill

absoluteness

angle

angle of inclination

batter

beach

🏖️

bent

bring down

camber

celebrate

class

cliff

climb

coast

conjugate

conjugation

declension

descend

downpipe

droop

edge

escarp

flair

flexion

foothills

gorge

hang

hang up

heel

inflect

inflection

inflexion

keel

lower

pass

penchant

point

proclivity

propensity

ravine

rigorousness

rock

🪨

scarp

shelf

shore

sink

skewness

slanted

sloped

splay

starkness

stone

🪨

superelevation

sway

talus

taper

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sloʊp/

Etymologie (Engels)

From aslope (adjective, adverb).