Definizione monolingua

slope

slope (third-person singular simple present slopes, present participle sloping, simple past and past participle sloped)

1. To tend steadily upward or downward.

   The road slopes sharply down at that point.

2. (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

   I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldnt see me.

3. (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.

   The order was given to ""slope arms.""

Wikipedia slope (plural slopes)

1. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

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

2. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

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

3. (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.

   The slope of this line is 0.5

4. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

   The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

5. 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). For English units of measurement, when dimensions are given in inches, slope may be expressed as a ratio of rise to run, such as 4:12 or an an angle.

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

6. (vulgar, highly offensive) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Definizione dizionario slope

	pendio
	area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
	The inclined surface of any part of the Earth's surface, as a hillslope; also, a broad part of a continent descending toward an ocean, as the Pacific slope. (Source: BJGEO)

	pendenza
	degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
	to tend steadily upward or downward

	digradare
	to tend steadily upward or downward

	inclinazione
	mathematics

	muso giallo
	offensive: a person of East Asian descent

	pendere
	to tend steadily upward or downward

	essere
	to tend steadily upward or downward

	furtivamente
	to try to move surreptitiously

	inclinato
	to tend steadily upward or downward

	muoversi
	to try to move surreptitiously

calata

china

coefficiente angolare

costa

curvarsi

declivio

discesa

essere in pendenza

essere inclinato

falda

inclinare

muoversi furtivamente

pendice

pendìo

pista

salita

scarpata

scendere

versante

Altri significati:

(colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

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). For English units of measurement, when dimensions are given in inches, slope may be expressed as a ratio of rise to run, such as 4:12 or an an angle.

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

slope (of a linear function)

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

slide (snow, etc.)

(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

To tend steadily upward or downward.

(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.

(vulgar, highly offensive) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

(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.