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• sloping — adjective 1. having an oblique or slanted direction (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑aslant, ↑aslope, ↑diagonal, ↑slanted, ↑slanting, ↑sloped • Similar to: ↑inclined …   Useful english dictionary

• Sloping — Slope Slope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sloping}.] To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• whip graft — noun 1. or whip and tongue graft : a plant graft made by interlocking a small tongue and notch in the obliquely cut base of the scion with corresponding cuts in the stock called also tongue graft; see graft illustration 2. : splice graft …   Useful english dictionary

• diagonal — [[t]daɪæ̱gən(ə)l[/t]] diagonals 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner. ...a pattern of diagonal lines. Derived words: diagonally ADV ADV… …   English dictionary

• whip|graft — whip graft, Horticulture. a graft made by cutting the scion and stock in a sloping direction so as to fit each other, and by inserting a tongue on the scion into a slit in the stock; tongue graft. whip|graft «HWIHP GRAFT, GRAHFT», transitive verb …   Useful english dictionary

• slant — I. verb Etymology: Middle English slenten to fall obliquely, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect slenta to slope, Old Norse sletta to throw carelessly Date: 1644 intransitive verb 1. to take a diagonal course, direction, or path 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Slant — Slant, v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Equation of time — The equation of time is the difference over the course of a year between time as read from a sundial and time as read from a clock, measured in an ideal situation (ie. in a location at the centre of a time zone, and which does not use daylight… …   Wikipedia

• whip-and-tongue graft — /hwip euhn tung , wip /, Hort. a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and inserting a tongue in the scion into a slit in the stock. Also called tongue graft. Cf. whip graft. * * * …   Universalium

• whip graft — Hort. a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping. Cf. whip and tongue graft. [1665 75] * * * …   Universalium

• diagonal — adjective 1 a diagonal line is straight and joins two opposite corners of a flat shape, usually a square compare horizontal 1 2 a diagonal pattern follows a sloping direction diagonal noun (C) diagonally adverb: The path goes diagonally across… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English