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• angle of slide — the angle of minimum slope usually measured from the horizontal at which any loose solid material (as earth) will flow compare angle of repose * * * Geol. the minimum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material… …   Useful english dictionary

• slope*/ — [sləʊp] noun [C] I 1) a surface or piece of ground that has one end higher than the other At the end of the garden there is a steep slope.[/ex] 2) the angle of a slope a 45 degree slope[/ex] II verb [I] slope [sləʊp] to have one end higher than… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• angle of repose — 1. physics : the angle that the plane of contact between two bodies makes with the horizontal when the upper body is just on the point of sliding : the angle whose tangent is the coefficient of friction between the two bodies 2. or angle of rest …   Useful english dictionary

• Slope — 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 …   Wikipedia

• 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Slope 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• slope — [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,… …   English World dictionary

• Slope — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• slope — [n] slant, tilt abruptness, bank, bend, bevel, bias, cant, declination, declivity, deflection, descent, deviation, diagonal, downgrade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, ramp, rise, rising ground …   New thesaurus

• angle of slip — or angle of slide, the minimum angle of slope from the horizontal at which loose material, such as earth, will flow or slide downward …   Useful english dictionary

• angle of repose — n. the maximum angle of slope at which sand, loose rock, etc. will remain in place without sliding, as on a hillside …   English World dictionary