slope

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an elevated geological formation

   They climbed the steep slope up to the top of the mountain.

2. 2
   verb

   be at an angle

   The terrain sloped down

3. 3
   noun

   An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

   I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.

4. 4
   noun

   The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

   The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

5. 5
   noun

   The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

   The slope of this line is 0.5

6. 6
   noun

   The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.

   The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

7. 7
   noun

   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).

   The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.

8. 8
   noun

   A hasty departure.

   1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados "I did a slope," acknowledged the clerk frankly. "I broke all the records down that passage, I bet you. You'll laugh, I dare say, and think you would have stood, but you don't know what it was like. […] "

Etymology

From aslope (adjective, adverb).