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- Dictionaryslope/sləʊp/
noun
- 1. a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface: "he slithered helplessly down the slope"
- 2. a person from East Asia, especially Vietnam. offensive US
verb
- 1. (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down: "the garden sloped down to a stream"
- 2. move in an idle or aimless manner: informal British "I had seen Don sloping about the beach"
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a surface that lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher than others: The roof is at a slope (= at an angle to a horizontal surface) of 30°. B2. ( part of) the side of a hill or mountain: a ski / mountain slope. Snow had settled on some of the higher slopes.
The meaning of SLOPE is that slants : sloping —often used in combination. How to use slope in a sentence.
The slope of a line, also known as the gradient is defined as the value of the steepness or the direction of a line in a coordinate plane. Slope can be calculated using different methods, given the equation of a line or the coordinates of points lying on the straight line.
Slope: In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes the direction and steepness of the line. [1] . Often denoted by the letter m, slope is calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change ("rise over run") between two distinct points on the line, giving the same number for any choice of points.
What does slope mean? In mathematics, the slope (also called the gradient) of a line is a measurement of how steep the line is or how much of a slant it has. In math, a line is an object with no thickness that extends forever in both directions.
The slope (or gradient) is defined as the ratio of the difference between two points’ vertical and horizontal coordinates. Physically, it represents the steepness of the line joining the two points (how much movement occurs along the y-axis for a given movement in the x-axis and vice versa).
To slope is to incline vertically in an oblique direction: The ground slopes (upward or downward) sharply here. To slant is to fall to one side, to lie obliquely to some line whether horizontal or perpendicular: The road slants off to the right.
a surface that lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher than others: The roof is at a slope (= at an angle to a horizontal surface) of 30°. B2. ( part of) the side of a hill or mountain: a ski / mountain slope. Snow had settled on some of the higher slopes.
Introduction. The slope of a line is the ratio between the change of y y and the change of x x. Slope is sometimes expressed as rise over run. You can determining slope by visualizing walking up a flight of stairs, dividing the vertical change, which comes first, by the horizontal change, which come second.
Definition of slope noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
