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• 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

• 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

• angle of repose —    The maximum angle of slope (measured from a horizontal plane) at which loose, cohesionless material will come to rest.    GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• 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 repose — For the Wallace Stegner novel, see Angle of Repose (novel). For the friction angle between two solid objects, see Friction. For the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum song of the same name, see In Glorious Times. Angle of repose The angle of repose or,… …   Wikipedia