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Mathematical term
In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes the direction of the line on a plane. It is commonly denoted by the letter
Slope
Angle to the horizontal plane
The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line is either the
Grade_(slope)
Neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City
Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, within an area known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect
Park_Slope
Rhetorical argument
In a slippery-slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in
Slippery_slope
Relative measure of golf course difficulty
The slope rating of a golf course is a measure of its relative difficulty for a bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer. It is used by handicapping
Slope_rating
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up slope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slope or gradient of a line describes its steepness, incline, or grade, in mathematics. Slope may also
Slope_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
The Slopes may refer to: The Slopes, Buxton, a Grade-II-listed public park in England The Slopes, New South Wales, a town in Australia This disambiguation
The_Slopes
Stability of soil or rock slopes
Slope stability refers to the condition of inclined soil or rock slopes to withstand or undergo movement; the opposite condition is called slope instability
Slope_stability
Artificial ski slope that never opened
-2.9010 Kirkby Ski Slope was an artificial ski slope that was built in Kirkby, near Liverpool, England, in the 1970s. The ski slope never opened and was
Kirkby_Ski_Slope
Feature of a MOSFET's current–voltage characteristic
The subthreshold slope is a feature of a MOSFET's current–voltage characteristic. In the subthreshold region, the drain current behaviour—though being
Subthreshold_slope
Geometric feature of pavement surfaces
Cross slope, cross fall or camber is a geometric feature of pavement surfaces: the transverse slope with respect to the horizon. It is a very important
Cross_slope
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Slope may refer to: Colorado Western Slope, a region of Colorado, US Western Slope, Jersey City, US This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Western_Slope
Equation that does not involve powers or products of variables
{c}{b}}.} This defines a function. The graph of this function is a line with slope − a b {\displaystyle -{\frac {a}{b}}} and y-intercept − c b . {\displaystyle
Linear_equation
2003 children's novel
Book the Tenth: The Slippery Slope is the tenth novel in the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. It was illustrated
The_Slippery_Slope
Northern region of Alaska, United States
Alaska North Slope or Alaska Arctic Slope (Iñupiaq: Siḷaliñiq) is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks
Alaska_North_Slope
Borough in Alaska, United States
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and, thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as
North_Slope_Borough,_Alaska
United States historic place
The North Slope is a neighborhood of the north end of Tacoma, Washington, located south of Yakima Hill. Although there is no truly defined boundary for
North Slope, Tacoma, Washington
North_Slope,_Tacoma,_Washington
Military tactic
A reverse slope defence is a military tactic where a defending force is positioned on the slope of an elevated terrain feature such as a hill, ridge,
Reverse_slope_defence
Visual representation of solutions to a differential equation
of a scalar function. Solutions to a slope field are functions drawn as solid curves. A slope field shows the slope of a differential equation at certain
Slope_field
Slope of the cricket pitch at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
The Lord's slope is a geographical gradient at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. The slope is in the cricket pitch and runs from the north end
Lord's_slope
A dip slope is a topographic or geomorphic surface which slopes in the same direction, and often by the same angle, as the true dip or apparent dip of
Dip_slope
Southernmost point of New Zealand's South Island
Slope Point is the southernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand. Slope Point lies 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of the small settlement of Waikawa
Slope_Point
Type of armour
Sloped armour is armour that is oriented neither vertically nor horizontally. Such angled armour is typically mounted on tanks and other armoured fighting
Sloped_armour
Topics referred to by the same term
North Slope can refer to: Alaska North Slope, a region encompassing the northernmost part of the U.S. state of Alaska North Slope Borough, Alaska, a borough
North_Slope
American Viticultural Area in Washington
Wahluke Slope is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located on the Wahluke Slope landform within Grant County, Washington and centered around the small
Wahluke_Slope_AVA
House placed in slope
A slope house or souterrain house is a house with soil or rock completely covering one wall and part of two more on the bottom floor. The house may have
Slope_house
characteristic physical attributes such as their creating process, shape, elevation, slope, orientation, rock exposure, and soil type. Landforms organized by the processes
Glossary_of_landforms
1934 Argentine film
Downward Slope (Spanish:Cuesta abajo) is a 1934 American-Argentine musical film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Carlos Gardel, Mona Maris and
Downward_Slope
Sport discipline
A dry ski slope or artificial ski slope is a ski slope that mimics the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable
Dry_ski_slope
Japanese manga series
Kids on the Slope (Japanese: 坂道のアポロン, Hepburn: Sakamichi no Aporon; lit. "Apollo on the Slope") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by
Kids_on_the_Slope
Small automated monorail/inclined elevator used in Japan & South Korea
A slope car (スロープカー, surōpukā) is a small automated monorail, or a fusion between monorail, people mover, inclined elevator and rack railway. It is a
Slope_car
Stratified slope deposits are usually found at the lower slopes of valleys where thicknesses vary but may exceed 10 meters. Periglacial stratified slope deposits
Stratified_slope_deposit
Tradition at Cornell University
Slope Day is an annual day of celebration held at Cornell University, historically held during the last day of regular undergraduate classes, though it
Slope_Day
Number of edge slopes in graph drawing
drawing and geometric graph theory, the slope number of a graph is the minimum possible number of distinct slopes of edges in a drawing of the graph in
Slope_number
Rate of increase of a laser's output power with increasing input power
resulting curve is usually close to a straight line. The slope efficiency is the slope of this line. Slope efficiency can similarly be defined in terms of output
Slope_efficiency
Steep slope or cliff separating two relatively level regions
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations
Escarpment
Former canal elevator
The Fonseranes Water Slope (French: Pente d'eau Fonséranes) is a disused inclined plane on the Canal du Midi parallel to the Fonseranes Locks. It has
Fonseranes_Water_Slope
Slope Road is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. It is located 3 kilometres northwest of Minto,
Slope_Road
The Pacific Slope describes geographic regions in North American, Central American, and South American countries that are west of the continental divide
Pacific_Slope
1959 unsolved deaths in the Soviet Union
difficulty level at that time, and had established a camp on the eastern slopes of Kholat Syakhl mountain. Overnight, the group cut their way out of their
Dyatlov_Pass_incident
Volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
viscous phonotephrite and trachyte erupted after the basanite. The upper slopes of Mount Erebus are dominated by steeply dipping (about 30°) tephritic phonolite
Mount_Erebus
Slope mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material, such as coal or ore. A sloping access shaft travels downwards towards the desired material
Slope_mining
Rock-wall with a smooth transition into a concavity at the foot zone
A flared slope is a landform consisting in a rock-wall with a smooth transition into a concavity at the foot zone. Flared slopes form due to various weathering
Flared_slope
Helle Slope (71°25′S 5°15′E / 71.417°S 5.250°E / -71.417; 5.250) is a large ice piedmont along the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, lying east
Helle_Slope
Analog-to-digital converter that uses an op-amp integrator
through the use of an integrator. In its basic implementation, the dual-slope converter, the unknown input voltage is applied to the input of the integrator
Integrating_ADC
Wahluke Slope is a geographic feature in Grant, Benton and Adams Counties of Eastern Washington. It is a broad, south-facing slope with a grade of about
Wahluke_Slope
Topics referred to by the same term
Sloper may refer to Ally Sloper, early comic strip character BSA Sloper, British motorcycle Lindsay Sloper (1826–1887), English pianist Robert Sloper
Sloper
Topics referred to by the same term
A Slippery slope argument is a type of rhetorical argument. Slippery slope may also refer to: Slippery Slope, a 2006 film "Slippery Slope" (Highway Thru
Slippery slope (disambiguation)
Slippery_slope_(disambiguation)
slope factors (CSF) are used to estimate the risk of cancer associated with exposure to a carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic substance. A slope
Cancer_slope_factor
Engineering analysis method
The slope deflection method is a structural analysis method for beams and frames introduced in 1914 by George A. Maney. The slope deflection method was
Slope_deflection_method
Classification scheme of rock strength
Slope mass rating (SMR) is a rock mass classification scheme developed by Manuel Romana to describe the strength of an individual rock outcrop or slope
Slope_mass_rating
A water slope (French: Pente d'eau) is a type of canal inclined plane built to carry boats from a canal or river at one elevation up or down to a canal
Water_slope
Ski lodging terminology
In North American ski lodging, slope side is accommodation "on the slopes", within walking distance from the ski lifts. Such lodgings are usually at the
Slope_side
Vegetation and slope stability are interrelated by the ability of the plant life growing on slopes to both promote and hinder the stability of the slope. The relationship
Vegetation and slope stability
Vegetation_and_slope_stability
Rock fragments weathered from larger mass
deposits. The term scree is applied both to an unstable steep mountain slope composed of rock fragments and other debris, and to the mixture of rock
Scree
Species of fish
The slope conger (Japonoconger proriger), also known as the black-fin conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described
Slope_conger
Type of chart
A slope chart, also known as a slope graph, is a simple data visualization used to show changes between two numerical values for multiple categories. It
Slope_chart
Viticultural area in Washington, USA
Royal Slope is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located within the Columbia Valley landform across Adams and Grant Counties in central Washington state
Royal_Slope_AVA
Type of slope soaring where a slope is made to follow a walkalong glider
Controllable-slope soaring (also known as Walkalong gliding) is a type of slope soaring where a slope is made to follow a walkalong glider (a lightweight
Controllable_slope_soaring
Geographic region of the U.S. state of Colorado
The Western Slope is a colloquial term generally understood to describe the part of the state of Colorado west of the Continental Divide. Bodies of water
Colorado_Western_Slope
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
West Slope is an unincorporated suburb, neighborhood of Beaverton, Oregon, United States and a census-designated place. It is in Washington County, to
West_Slope,_Oregon
In astrophysics and planetary science, spectral slope, also called spectral gradient, is a measure of dependence of the reflectance on the wavelength
Spectral_slope
Concrete traffic barrier
A constant-slope barrier is a traffic barrier made of reinforced concrete and designed with a single slope, used to separate lanes of vehicular traffic
Constant-slope_barrier
Method for analyzing stability of slopes of soil or rock
Slope stability analysis is a static or dynamic, analytical or empirical method to evaluate the stability of slopes of soil- and rock-fill dams, embankments
Slope_stability_analysis
1997 video game
Steep Slope Sliders (スティープ・スロープ・スライダーズ, Sutīpu Surōpu Suraidāzu) is a 1997 video game that was made for the Sega Saturn and Sega Titan ST-V arcade system
Steep_Slope_Sliders
Jewish Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue
The Park Slope Jewish Center is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue located at 1320 Eighth Avenue in South Slope, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Park_Slope_Jewish_Center
The manga series Kids on the Slope (Japanese: 坂道のアポロン, Hepburn: Sakamichi no Aporon; lit. "Apollo on the Slope") and its anime and live-action film adaptations
Music_of_Kids_on_the_Slope
Combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant and recreational facility in Copenhagen
Amager Bakke (lit. 'Amager Hill'), also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant (new resource handling
Amager_Bakke
Ice slope in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Skorvehallet Slope (71°59′S 9°12′E / 71.983°S 9.200°E / -71.983; 9.200) is a snow-covered slope with numerous rock outcrops, lying just west of the
Skorvehallet_Slope
U.S. House district for New York
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Sunset Park. The district also contains parts of Borough
New York's 10th congressional district
New_York's_10th_congressional_district
Slope One is a family of algorithms used for collaborative filtering, introduced in a 2005 paper by Daniel Lemire and Anna Maclachlan. Arguably, it is
Slope_One
mass for slope stability using the Q-slope value, from which long-term stable, reinforcement-free slope angles can be derived. The Q-slope value can
Q-slope
Earthquake and tsunami in eastern Canada
The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake (also called the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster) occurred on November 18, 1929. The shock had
1929_Grand_Banks_earthquake
2006 American film
Slippery Slope is a 2006 independent film directed by Sarah Schenck and starring Kelly Hutchinson. In order to finance her documentary project, a feminist
Slippery_Slope
Norwegian singer, composer and music producer
Dag Holtan-Hartwig (born April 16, 1991), known professionally as Slopes, is a Norwegian singer, composer and music producer. Holtan-Hartwig grew up in
Slopes_(musician)
The Montech water slope is a type of canal inclined plane built on the Canal de Garonne, in the commune of Montech, Tarn-et-Garonne, Southwest France
Montech_water_slope
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Bonny Slope is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Bonny Slope lies on Thompson Road north of Beaverton and northwest
Bonny_Slope,_Oregon
1959 film
Up the Slope (Hungarian: Felfelé a lejtön) is a 1959 Hungarian romantic comedy film directed by Viktor Gertler and starring Erzsébet Házy, György Kálmán
Up_the_Slope
major hydrographic basins or slopes: the Caribbean, Pacific, Amazon, Orinoco, and Catatumbo. The Caribbean (or Atlantic) slope covers about 363,878 km2.
Hydrography_of_Colombia
Mountain in Alaska, United States
Slope Mountain is a 3,800-foot (1,158 m) summit in the US state of Alaska. Slope Mountain is located in the Chigmit Mountains of the Aleutian Range. It
Slope Mountain (Chigmit Mountains)
Slope_Mountain_(Chigmit_Mountains)
Geologic formation
The Slope Formation is a geologic formation in western North Dakota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene Period. Paleontology portal List
Slope_Formation
The Alaskan North Slope (ANS) is a foreland basin located on the northern edge of the Brooks Range. The Alaska North Slope is bounded on the north by the
Alaska_North_Slope_basin
Ski course in Austria
2,670 m (8,760 ft), yielding a vertical drop of 370 m (1,214 ft). This slope is widely regarded as the most difficult giant slalom on the women's circuit
Rettenbach_(ski_slope)
Microregion in northern Poland
The Fordon Slope is a physical-geographical microregion in northern Poland, spanning the gminas of Bydgoszcz, Osielsko, Dobrcz, Pruszcz, and Świecie.
Fordon_Slope
Alaska Native land-owning corporation
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, is one of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Arctic_Slope_Regional_Corporation
Surface feature of Mars
Dark slope streaks are narrow, avalanche-like features common on dust-covered slopes in the equatorial regions of Mars. They form in relatively steep
Dark_slope_streak
Slippery slope argument in euthanasia
claim that legalizing any form of the practice will lead to a slippery slope effect, resulting eventually in expansion to non-terminal illnesses and
Euthanasia and the slippery slope
Euthanasia_and_the_slippery_slope
Bedrock unit
A slope-former is a unit of bedrock which is less resistant to erosion than overlying or underlying units and consequently results in outcrops with low
Slope-former
County in North Dakota, United States
Slope County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 706, and was estimated to be 628 in 2025, making
Slope_County,_North_Dakota
In mathematics, straight line touching a plane curve without crossing it
= c if the line passes through the point (c, f(c)) on the curve and has slope f'(c), where f' is the derivative of f. A similar definition applies to
Tangent
1967 engagement in the Vietnam War
The Battle of the Slopes was the site of an engagement between elements of the United States (US) 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate), nicknamed "Westmoreland's
Battle_of_the_Slopes
River engineering formula
The depth–slope product is used to calculate the shear stress at the bed of an open channel containing fluid that is undergoing steady, uniform flow.
Depth–slope_product
Guidance system for a landing aircraft
system glide path, commonly referred to as a glide path (G/P) or glide slope (G/S), is "a system of vertical guidance embodied in the instrument landing
Glide_path
Polynomial function of degree at most one
is a line. The coefficient a is called the slope of the function and of the line (see below). If the slope is a = 0 {\displaystyle a=0} , this is a constant
Linear_function_(calculus)
Marked ski run
term is from French ("trail", "track") and is synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'run' in North America. The word is pronounced with a long i as in
Piste
Ice slope in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Swithinbank Slope is a semi-circular ice slope, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long, between Mount Hallgren and Newmayer Cliffs in the Kirwan Escarpment
Swithinbank_Slope
Census-designated place in California, United States
Cedar Slope is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California. Cedar Slope sits at an elevation of 5,584 feet (1,702 m). The 2020 United
Cedar_Slope,_California
Place in Littoral, Slovenia
Slope (pronounced [ˈsloːpɛ]) is a village east of Hrpelje in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia close to the border
Slope,_Hrpelje-Kozina
Ice slope in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Ottehallet Slope (72°12′S 0°13′W / 72.200°S 0.217°W / -72.200; -0.217) is an ice slope between Straumsvola Mountain and Brekkerista Ridge in the Sverdrup
Ottehallet_Slope
Statistical method for fitting a line
choosing the median of the slopes of all lines through pairs of points. It has also been called Sen's slope estimator, slope selection, the single median
Theil–Sen_estimator
SLOPE
SLOPE
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire) and Scottish
English (Lancashire) and Scottish : habitational name from any of various places so called. Most, including those in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), Cleveland, Derbyshire, and Shropshire, get the name from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Others, including those in Cumbria and Dorsetshire, have early forms in Hel- and probably have as their first element Old English hielde ‘slope’ or possibly helde ‘tansy’.English : some early examples such as Ralph filius Hilton (Yorkshire 1219) point to occasional derivation from a personal name, possibly a Norman name Hildun, composed of the Germanic elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + hūn ‘bear cub’. The English surname is present in Ireland (mostly taken to Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in Dublin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Honor End Farm in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, which is named from Old English hÄn ‘hone’, ‘stone’ + Åra ‘slope’, or possibly from Honer in Sussex, named from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + Åra ‘shore’.In some cases probably an Americanized form of French Honoré (see Honore).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a deliberate alteration of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead in Surrey, which is named from Celtic lēd ‘gray’ + rïd ‘ford’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlið ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.Zachariah Leatherwood, son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William Co., VA, about 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg Co., SC, with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.
Surname or Lastname
English (North Yorkshire)
English (North Yorkshire) : habitational name, apparently from Leathley in North Yorkshire, so named from Old English hlith ‘slope’ (genitive plural hleotha) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Sussex and Kent)
English (mainly Sussex and Kent) : topographic name from Middle English hilder ‘dweller on a slope’ (from Old English hylde ‘slope’).
Surname or Lastname
Spanish form of Basque Aldai, a habitational name from any of several places in the Basque country called Alday or Aldai, from Basque alde ‘side’, ‘slope’.Americanized form of German Aldag.English
Spanish form of Basque Aldai, a habitational name from any of several places in the Basque country called Alday or Aldai, from Basque alde ‘side’, ‘slope’.Americanized form of German Aldag.English : variant spelling of Allday.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Helton in Cumbria, named in Old English probably with helde ‘slope’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, or possibly a variant of Hilton. This is a common name in TN, KY, OH, TX, and GA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a bookbinder, from Anglo-Norman French liur.English : possibly a topographic name (recorded in 1332 as le Lyghere) for someone who lived in a woodland clearing, from a derivative of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.German : short form of a Germanic personal name formed with liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + hari ‘army’.German : possibly a topographic name formed with the element lir ‘swamp’, ‘bog’, or a habitational name from Lier, named with this word.Dutch : habitational name from Lier, in the Belgian province of Antwerp.Norwegian : habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named with the indefinite plural form of li ‘mountain slope’, ‘hillside’ (see Li 4).
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German (also North German von Holten)
Dutch and German (also North German von Holten) : habitational name from places so called, from Low German holt ‘holt’, ‘copse’, ‘small wood’. There is one in the Dutch province of Overijssel and another near Oberhausen in the Rhineland.Danish : variant of Holt.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, either from the definite singular form of holt ‘holt’, ‘small wood’ (see Holt), or from holt ‘hill’, ‘stony slope’.English : variant spelling of Holton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Nether or Over Kellet in Lancashire or Kelleth in Cumbria, named from Old Norse kelda ‘spring’ + hlÃth ‘slope’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for an old man or someone with prematurely gray hair, from Middle English hore, Old English hÄr ‘gray’.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a slope or shore, Old English Åra, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, as for example Oare in Kent, Berkshire, and Wiltshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places so called, as for example Litton Cheney in Dorset (named from Old English hl̄de ‘torrent’ (from hlūd ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’), or Litton in Somerset (from Old English hlid ‘slope’ or ‘gate’ + tūn), Derbyshire and North Yorkshire (both probably from Old English hlīð ‘slope’ + tūn).
Surname or Lastname
English (northern)
English (northern) : habitational name from a lost place in County Durham called Hollingside or Holmside, from Old English hole(g)n ‘holly’ + sīde ‘hillside’, ‘slope’; there is a Hollingside Lane on the southern outskirts of Durham city. In some cases it may be from Hollinhead in Lancashire, so named from Old English holegn ‘holly’ + hēafod ‘headland’, ‘ridge’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, possibly from Lipwood Hall or Farm in Northumberland, named from Old English hlēp ‘steep slope’ + wudu ‘wood’, or from a lost or unidentified place. The surname does not occur in current English records, although a bearer of the name Lepford is recorded in the census of 1881.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : Altered form of Kitcherside, a habitational name of unexplained origin. The final element is presumably Middle English side ‘hillside’, ‘slope’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlÃð ‘slope’.English : habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name HlÌ„de (see Loud).English : from a medieval byname derived from Old English līðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the district so called near Liverpool, consisting of Uplitherland and Downlitherland. The place name is derived from Old Norse hlÃðar, genitive of hlÃð ‘slope’ + land ‘land’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lichfield in Staffordshire. The first element preserves a British name recorded as Letocetum during the Romano-British period. This means ‘gray wood’, from words which are the ancestors of Welsh llŵyd ‘gray’ and coed ‘wood’. By the Old English period this had been reduced to Licced, and the element feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’ was added to describe a patch of cleared land within the ancient wood.English : habitational name from Litchfield in Hampshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Liveselle. This is probably from an Old English hlīf ‘shelter’ + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’. The subsequent transformation of the place name may be the result of folk etymological association with Old English hlið, hlid ‘slope’ + feld ‘open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, perhaps from Lepton in West Yorkshire, which is named from Old English hlēp ‘leap’ (hence ‘cliff’, ‘steep slope’) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.English : probably a variant of Leverton.
SLOPE
SLOPE
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the Reckoner
Girl/Female
German, Polish
Warfare; Battle; Female Warrior; Contention; Strife
Boy/Male
Tamil
Laxmi Kant | லகà¯à®·à¯à®®à¯€à®•ாஂத
Vishnu, Husband of Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Tamil
One of the kauravas
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant of Perdue.
Female
Japanese
(百åˆå) Japanese name YURIKO means "hundred-perfect-child."
Male
Hebrew
(×Ö²×—Ö´×™×Ö¸×) Hebrew name ACHIYAM means "mother's brother," i.e. "uncle." In the bible, this is the name of one of King David's warriors.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Hindu Festival
Male
Greek
(ΚÏόνος) Greek name KRONOS means "time." In mythology, this is the name of the Titan father of Zeus.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Shiva
SLOPE
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SLOPE
a.
Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.
v. i.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Slope
n.
A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath.
v. i.
To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
v. t.
To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc.
n.
The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
adv.
In a sloping manner.
n.
The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
n.
A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.
adv.
Obliquely.
v.
To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
n.
The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.
n.
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
v. i.
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
n.
State of being slope.
v. t.
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 cutting a garment.
n.
The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
imp. & p. p.
of Slope
a.
A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.