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Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

#: I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.

1. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

#: The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

1. mathematics The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, infinite if it is vertical.

#: The slope of this line is 0.5

1. mathematics The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

#: The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

1. (vulgar, highly offensive) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

Synonyms
(area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward): bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline
(degree to which a surface tends upward or downward): gradient
(mathematics): first derivative, gradient
(offensive: Chinese person): Chinaman, Chink

Translations

trans-top|area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
Czech: svah m
Finnish: rinne
French: pente f <ref name=atilf>''Le Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé''</ref>
German: Steigung f
Indonesian: lereng
Irish: fána <ref>''Irish dictionary online''</ref>
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Italian: pendìo m <ref nameoxf-par>Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press). Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. W:Wikipedia:book sources| ISBN 8839551107. Online version here</ref> <ref namezing>lo Zingarelli minore - Vocabolario della lingua italiana (edizione Terzo Millennio), Nicola Zingarelli. Milano: Mondolibri, 2002.</ref>
Slovene: klanec m
Spanish: pendiente f, cuesta f
Telugu: వాల� (vaalu)
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trans-top|degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
Czech: stoupání n
Finnish: kaltevuus, jyrkkyys
French: pente f <ref name=atilf />, inclinaison
trans-mid
German: Steigung f
Italian: pendenza f <ref name=oxf-par />
Slovene: naklon m, strmina f
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trans-top|mathematics
Czech: sklon m
Dutch: richtingscoëfficient
Finnish: kulmakerroin
French: dérivée première f
trans-mid
German: Steigung f}
Italian: inclinazione f <ref name=zing />
Slovene: strmina f
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trans-top|offensive: a person of East Asian descent
Italian: muso giallo
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Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
en-verb|slop|ing

1. To tend steadily upward or downward.

#:The road slopes sharply down at that point.

1. (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.

#:I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.

Translations

trans-top|to tend steadily upward or downward
Finnish: kallistua, viett��
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Italian: (ground) digradare, (floor) pendere, essere in pendenza, (writing) essere inclinato <ref name=oxf-par />
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trans-top|to try to move surreptitiously
Finnish: livahtaa, hiipi�
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Italian: muoversi furtivamente
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Derived terms
slippery slope
sloping

References
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