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slope noun

  /sloʊp/ , /sləʊp/
  • An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
 sluttning, backe, brant, slänt
  • (vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
 guling
  • The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
  • (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
  • (mathematics, of a curve at a given point; sometimes proscribed, see Usage notes) The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
 lutning

slope verb

  /sloʊp/ , /sləʊp/
  • (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
 slutta, luta, stupa
ski slope
skidbacke
slippery slope
sluttande plan
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