angle of slope
31slope — 1. noun the slope of the roof Syn: tilt, pitch, slant, angle, gradient, incline, inclination, fall, camber; N.Amer. grade 2. verb the garden sloped down to a stream Syn: tilt, slant, incline, lean …
32angle of repose — Geol. the maximum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will remain in place without sliding. Cf. angle of slide. [1875 80] * * * …
33angle of slide — Geol. the minimum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will start to slide or flow. Cf. angle of repose. [1930 35] * * * …
34slope angle — The angle in the vertical plane between the flight path and the horizontal …
35slope angle — noun : the acute angle made by a meridional ray with the axis in a symmetrical optical system …
36slope — An inclination or slant. lower ridge s. the s. of the mandibular residual ridge in the second and third molar as seen from the buccal side. * * * (slōp) 1. an inclined plane; a surface which is neither horizontal nor vertical. 2. to deviate… …
37angle of repose — The natural slope of unsupported granular material [16] …
38continental slope — the steeply sloping sea bottom from 200 to 2000 metres (or 100 300 m to 1400 3200 m) and 3 6°C. Average angle of slope is 4° with a maximum about 20° near the upper margin …
39Grade (slope) — d = run Δh = rise l = slope length α = angle of inclination This article is for the grade of a topographic feature or constructed element, for other uses see: Slope (disambiguation) The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, pitch or rise)… …
40Depth–slope product — The depth–slope product is used to calculate the shear stress at the bed of an open channel containing fluid that is undergoing steady, uniform flow. It is widely used in river engineering, stream restoration, sedimentology, and fluvial… …
