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slope noun

  /sloʊp/ , /sləʊp/
  • An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
 rinne
  • (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
 gradientti
  • The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
 jyrkkyys, kaltevuus
  • 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).
 kaltevuus
  • (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.
 kulmakerroin
  • (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
 vinosilmä

slope verb

  /sloʊp/ , /sləʊp/
  • (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
 hiipiä, kallistaa, livahtaa, tehdä kallistus
  • (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.
 pitää olalla
  • (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
 viettää

sloping

kallistaminen
slippery slope
kalteva pinta, kaltevan pinnan argumentti
beginner slope
aloittelijoiden rinne
continental slope
mannerrinne
slope dragonet
louhikokki
ski slope
laskettelurinne
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
metsäsieppari
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