declivity angle

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• declivity — n downward slope or slant, Scot, and North Eng. brae, hillside; decline, declension, descent, downgrade; drop, fall, dip; pitch, grade, angle; incline, hill, mount, rise …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) — • This article deals with the destruction by the Romans after it had become the scene of the Redemption Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71)     Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71) …   Catholic encyclopedia

• obliquity — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Slanting position Nouns 1. obliquity, obliqueness, deviation, divergence; inclination, slope, slant; crookedness; leaning; bevel, tilt; bias, list, swag, cant, twist, distortion; bend (see curvature);… …   English dictionary for students

• in|cli|na|tion — «IHN kluh NAY shuhn», noun. 1. tendency; a tending toward a certain quality or condition; natural bent: »He has an inclination to become fat. SYNONYM(S): proneness, propensity. 2. preference; liking: »Most boys have an inclination for sports …   Useful english dictionary

• liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, esp. different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field. [1890 95] * * * Substance that flows like a liquid but maintains some of the ordered structure… …   Universalium

• Banff —    BANFF, a sea port, burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief town, 165 miles (N. by E.) from Edinburgh, on the road from Aberdeen to Inverness; containing 3958 inhabitants. This place, called in ancient… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Obliquity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obliquity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obliquity obliquity inclination slope slant crookedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 slopeness slopeness Sgm: N 1 leaning leaning &c. >V. Sgm: N …   English dictionary for students

• slope — v 1. slant, oblique, skew, fall obliquely, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink; list, lean, tip, tilt, cant, heel, Naut. careen. n 2. inclination, slant, bevel, pitch, grade, angle, skew, tilt …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• tilt — I v 1. lean, tip, list, cant, heel, Naut. careen, lurch; slope, slant, oblique, fall obliquely, skew, angle, bevel, pitch, grade, bank; ascend, rise; descend, drop or drop off, dip, sag, sink. 2.Usu. tilt at rush at, charge; oppose, contest,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• 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