Slope vs. Slant

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.

Slantnoun

A slope; an incline, inclination.

Slantnoun

A sloped surface or line.

Slantnoun

(mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

Slantnoun

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Slantnoun

An oblique movement or course.

Slantnoun

(biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.

Slantnoun

A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.

Slantnoun

A container or surface bearing shallow sloping areas to hold watercolors.

Slantnoun

A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.

Slantnoun

(slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.

Slantnoun

A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.

Slantnoun

A point of view, an angle; a bias.

Slantnoun

(US) A look, a glance.

Slantnoun

A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Slantverb

(ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.

Slantverb

(transitive) To bias or skew.

Slantverb

To lie or exaggerate.

Slantadjective

Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Slantverb

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

Slantverb

To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

Slantnoun

A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

Slantnoun

An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Slantadjective

Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.

Slantnoun

a biased way of looking at or presenting something

Slantnoun

degree of deviation from a horizontal plane;

Slantverb

lie obliquely;

Slantverb

present with a bias;

Slantverb

to incline or bend from a vertical position;

Slantverb

heel over;