English-Czech translations for slope

• svah
  Nezastavím se v půli cesty, dokonce ani v případě, že se cesta změní ve svah nebo spád; člověk se musí rozumným tempem dostat až do dalšího summitu. I do not stop halfway, even when the route turns into a slope or a gradient; one must keep up a reasonable pace to get to the summit.
  Horské oblasti jsou v mnoha ohledech znevýhodněné kvůli strmým svahům, povětrnostním podmínkám, erozi, výškovým rozdílům, vysoké nadmořské výšce a kamenitému terénu. Mountainous areas are disadvantaged in many respects as a result of steep slopes, weather conditions, erosion, height differences, high altitudes and rocky terrain.
• sjezdovka
• sklon
  První návrh, který stanovil 80% (oproti stávajícímu 60%) sklonu křivky limitních hodnot, byl stažen. The first draft, which laid down an 80% (as opposed to the present 60%) slope for the limit-value curve, has been withdrawn.
• stoupání
• stran

Definition of slope

• An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward
• The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward
• 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 slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point
• 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
• A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent
• To tend steadily upward or downward
• To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant
• To try to move surreptitiously
• To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder
• Sloping
• slopingly

Examples

• 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 this line is 0.5
• The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x
• The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater
• The road slopes sharply down at that point
• to slope the ground in a garden;   to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment
• I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldnt see me
• The order was given to "slope arms

Related words

• aslope
• downslope
• slopestyle
• Hanslope
• slope slant
• slope line
• slope down
• slope of an dyke
• slope up