Embankment vs. Slope — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Embankment and Slope
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Embankment
The act of embanking.
Slope
In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the direction and the steepness of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter m; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter m is used for slope, but its earliest use in English appears in O'Brien (1844) who wrote the equation of a straight line as "y = mx + b" and it can also be found in Todhunter (1888) who wrote it as "y = mx + c".Slope is calculated by finding the ratio of the "vertical change" to the "horizontal change" between (any) two distinct points on a line.
Embankment
An artificial slope of earth or stone, as at the edge of a road or a body of water.
Slope
A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface
He slithered helplessly down the slope
Embankment
A long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.
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Slope
A person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.
Embankment
The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
Slope
(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down
The garden sloped down to a stream
The ceiling sloped
Embankment
A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
Slope
Move in an idle or aimless manner
I had seen Don sloping about the beach
Embankment
A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Slope
To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline
A roof that slopes.
Slope
To move or walk
"Without another word he turned and sloped off down the driveway" (Roald Dahl).
Slope
To cause to slope
Sloped the path down the bank.
Slope
An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
Slope
A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline
Ski slopes.
Slope
A deviation from the horizontal.
Slope
The amount or degree of such deviation.
Slope
The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.
Slope
The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.
Slope
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
Slope
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
A steep slope
Slope
The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
Slope
(mathematics) 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 this line is 0.5
Slope
(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.
Slope
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 slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
Slope
A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Slope
(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
The road slopes sharply down at that point.
Slope
(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
To slope the ground in a garden;
To slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment
Slope
To try to move surreptitiously.
I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.
Slope
(military) 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 order was given to "slope arms".
Slope
(obsolete) Sloping.
Slope
(obsolete) slopingly
Slope
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
Slope
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Under the slopes of Pisgah.
Slope
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.
Slope
Sloping.
A bank not steep, but gently slope.
Slope
In a sloping manner.
Slope
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.
Slope
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
Slope
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
Slope
An elevated geological formation;
He climbed the steep slope
The house was built on the side of the mountain
Slope
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;
A five-degree gradient
Slope
Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down
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