slope

dốc, sườn dốc, mặt nghiêng

1. A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer.Bề mặt nghiêng đều lên hoặc xuống theo góc nhìn của người quan sát.
2. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.Vùng đất có độ dốc đều lên hoặc xuống.
3. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
4. The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
5. The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.

• I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
• The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
• The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.