slope

slope is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular slope

Plural slopes

A big slope with snow on it, with many people using it to ski.

The slope of the line is the length $\Delta y$ divided by the length $\Delta x$.

1. A slope is one side of a hill.
2. In math, the slope of a line is how far up it goes divided by how far along it goes.

Verb

Plain form slope

Third-person singular slopes

Past tense sloped

Past participle sloped

Present participle sloping

1. If something slopes, it goes either up or down.

   The hill slopes down at this point.