Side vs. Slope — What's the Difference?

A line bounding a plane figure.

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.

A surface bounding a solid figure.

A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface

A surface of an object, especially a surface joining a top and bottom

A person from East Asia, especially Vietnam.

A surface of an object that lies on the left or right of that object as viewed from the front or back

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down

Either of the two surfaces of a thin, flat object

Move in an idle or aimless manner

The part within an object or area to the left or right of the observer or of its vertical axis.

To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline

The left or right half of the trunk of a human or animal body

To move or walk

The space immediately next to someone

To cause to slope

The space immediately next to something. Often used in combination

An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.

One of two or more contrasted parts or places within an area, identified by its location with respect to a center

A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline

An area separated from another area by an intervening feature, such as a line or barrier

A deviation from the horizontal.

One of two or more opposing individuals, groups, teams, or sets of opinions.

The amount or degree of such deviation.

One of the positions maintained in a dispute or debate.

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.

A distinct aspect

The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.

Line of descent

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.

An incomplete script that shows the lines and cues of a single performer only.

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

An incomplete script that shows only what is to be filmed on a specific day or shoot.

The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

Chiefly British In billiards, the spin given to a propelled ball by striking it off center.

(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.

Located on a side

(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

From or to one side; oblique

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).

Minor; incidental

A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

In addition to the main part; supplementary

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

To provide sides or siding for

(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

To be positioned next to

To try to move surreptitiously.

To align oneself in a disagreement

(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.

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

(obsolete) Sloping.

A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

(obsolete) slopingly

One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

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.

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.

The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

Sloping.

One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.

In a sloping manner.

One set of competitors in a game.

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.

A sports team.

To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

A group of morris dancers who perform together.

To depart; to disappear suddenly.

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

An elevated geological formation;

(music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal;

Sidespin; english

Be at an angle;

A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).

A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

A line of descent traced through a particular parent, as distinguished from that traced through another.

(baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.

An unjustified air of self-importance.

(drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.

A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.

A root.

Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.

Indirect; oblique; incidental.

Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.

(Scotland) Far; distant.

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

To lean on one side.

To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

To suit; to pair; to match.

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

(transitive) To furnish with a siding.

To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

To clear, tidy or sort.

Widely; wide; far.

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.

A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

Long; large; extensive.

To lean on one side.

To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

To suit; to pair; to match.

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.

A place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location;

One of two or more contesting groups;

Either the left or right half of a body;

An extended outer surface of an object;

A surface forming part of the outside of an object;

A line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure;

An aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect);

A family line of descent;

A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food

An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;

An elevated geological formation;

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

Take the side of; be on the side of;

Located on a side;

Added as a consequence or supplement;