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  • 1Slope — Slope, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See {Slip}, v. i.] 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another. [1913… …

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  • 2Slope of a plane — Slope Slope, n. [Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See {Slip}, v. i.] 1. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.… …

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  • 3Slope — Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sloping}.] To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in… …

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  • 4slope — [slōp] n. [ME < aslope, sloping (mistaken as a slope) < OE aslopen, pp. of aslupan, to slip away < slupan, to glide: see SLOOP] 1. a piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground 2. any inclined line, surface,… …

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  • 5Slope — Slope, v. i. 1. To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes. [1913 Webster] 2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6Slope field — The slope field of dy/dx=x2 x 1, with the blue, red, and turquoise lines being (x3/3) (x2/2) x+4, (x3/3) (x2/2) x, and (x3/3) (x2/2) x 4, respectively. In mathematics, a slope field (or direction field) is a graphical representation of the… …

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  • 7direction field — ▪ mathematics  way of graphically representing the solutions of a first order differential equation without actually solving the equation. The equation y′ = f (x,y) gives a direction, y′, associated with each point (x,y) in the plane that must be …

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  • 8slope — slopingly, adv. slopingness, n. /slohp/, v., sloped, sloping, n. v.i. 1. to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant. 2. to move at an inclination or obliquely: They …

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  • 9Slope deflection method — The slope deflection method is a structural analysis method for beams and frames introduced in 1915 by George A. Maney.Citation|first=George A.|last=Maney|year=1915|title=Studies in Engineering|publisher=University of… …

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  • 10slope — I. /sloʊp / (say slohp) verb (sloped, sloping) –verb (i) 1. to take or have an inclined or slanting direction, especially downwards or upwards from the horizontal. 2. to descend or ascend at a slant. –verb (t) 3. to direct at a slope or… …