slope betydelser och definitioner

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: a roof that slopes. See Synonyms at slant.

To move on a slant; ascend or descend: sloped down the trail.

To cause to slope: sloped the path down the bank.

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.

A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline: ski slopes.

A deviation from the horizontal.

The amount or degree of such deviation.

Mathematics The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.

Mathematics The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.