The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
To try to move surreptitiously.
To tend steadily upward or downward.
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
The bone of the ankle.
A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.