Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
2. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
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.
4. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
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).
6. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
2. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
3. (colloquial, usually, followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
4. (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.

Adjektiv

1. (obsolete) Sloping.

Adverb

1. (obsolete) slopingly