slope distance
1Slope — is used to describe the steepness, incline, gradient, or grade of a straight line. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline. The slope is defined as the ratio of the rise divided by the run between two points on a line, or in other words …
2Slope soaring — is a gliding technique used to maintain altitude by flying in the updraft produced by wind blowing up the face of a steep slope. Model glider pilots commonly refer to this as slope gliding or sloping . Pilots of full sized gliders also call the… …
3Slope side — is a term used in the North American ski lodging industry to describe any accommodation from which one can reasonably walk to the ski lifts. Such lodgings are usually at the bottom of, or right beside, the ski hill hence the term slope side . Due …
4Slope Point — is the southernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand. Slope Point lies just south of the small settlements of Waikawa and Haldane, near the southwestern edge of the Catlins and Toetoes Bay. It is 70 km (40 mi) east of Invercargill.The… …
5slope — 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 …
6Slope 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… …
7slope — (also called slope gradient or gradient) The inclination of the land surface from the horizontal. Percent slope is the vertical distance divided by the horizontal distance, then multiplied by 100. SW …
8slope — n. & v. n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a position in a line neither parallel nor perpendicular to level ground or to a line serving as a standard. 2 a piece of rising or …
9Distance measuring equipment — D VOR/DME ground station DME by itself Distance measuring equipment (DME) is a t …
10Distance from a point to a line — The distance from a point to a line is the shortest distance from a point to a line in Euclidean geometry. It can be calculated in the following ways. Contents 1 Cartesian coordinates 2 Vector formulation 3 Proof 1 (algebraic proof) …
