Angle vs. Slope

Anglenoun

(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

Anglenoun

(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

Anglenoun

A corner where two walls intersect.

Anglenoun

A change in direction.

Anglenoun

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

Anglenoun

(media) The focus of a news story.

Anglenoun

A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

Anglenoun

(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral

Anglenoun

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Anglenoun

(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

Anglenoun

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Angleverb

To place (something) at an angle.

Angleverb

To change direction rapidly.

Angleverb

To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

Angleverb

To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

Angleverb

(intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

Angleverb

(informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

Anglenoun

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

Anglenoun

The figure made by. two lines which meet.

Anglenoun

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Anglenoun

A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."

Anglenoun

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Angleverb

To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.

Angleverb

To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.

Angleverb

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.

Anglenoun

the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

Anglenoun

a biased way of looking at or presenting something

Anglenoun

a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

Angleverb

move or proceed at an angle;

Angleverb

to incline or bend from a vertical position;

Angleverb

seek indirectly;

Angleverb

fish with a hook

Angleverb

present with a bias;

Angle

In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in the plane that contains the rays.

Slopenoun

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

Slopenoun

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

Slopenoun

(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.

Slopenoun

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

Slopenoun

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).

Slopenoun

A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Slopeverb

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

Slopeverb

(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

Slopeverb

To try to move surreptitiously.

Slopeverb

(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.

Slopeadjective

(obsolete) Sloping.

Slopeadverb

(obsolete) slopingly

Slopenoun

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.

Slopenoun

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

Slopenoun

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

Slopeadjective

Sloping.

Slopeadverb

In a sloping manner.

Slopeverb

To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

Slopeverb

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

Slopeverb

To depart; to disappear suddenly.

Slopenoun

an elevated geological formation;

Slopenoun

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;

Slopeverb

be at an angle;

Slopenoun

a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface

Slopenoun

a difference in level or sideways position between the two ends or sides of a thing

Slopenoun

a part of the side of a hill or mountain, especially as a place for skiing

Slopenoun

the gradient of a graph at any point.

Slopenoun

the mutual conductance of a valve, numerically equal to the gradient of one of the characteristic curves of the valve.

Slopenoun

a person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.

Slopeverb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down

Slopeverb

place or arrange in a sloping position

Slopeverb

move in an idle or aimless manner

Slopeverb

leave unobtrusively, typically in order to evade work or duty

Slope

In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter m; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter m is used for slope, but its earliest use in English appears in O'Brien (1844) who wrote the equation of a straight line as and it can also be found in Todhunter (1888) who wrote it as .Slope is calculated by finding the ratio of the to the between (any) two distinct points on a line.