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slant noun

  /ˈslænt/ , /ˈslɑːnt/
  • A slope; an incline, inclination.
  • A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
 косина́, накло́н, склон, скос, тенде́нция, укло́н
  • A sloped surface or line.
  • (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
  • (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
  • An oblique movement or course.
  • (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
  • A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
  • A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
  • (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
  • (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
  • (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
  • (originally, _, US) A point of view, an angle.
  • (US) A look, a glance.
  • (US, ethnic slur, pejorative) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
 тенде́нция, укло́н

slant verb

  /ˈslænt/ , /ˈslɑːnt/
  • (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
 наклони́ть, наклоня́ть

slanting adjective

  /ˈslæntɪŋ/
  • Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
 косо́й, накло́нный

slanted adjective

  • Placed at an angle, on a slant.
 накло́нный
slant height
апофема
at a slant
наотлёт
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