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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A slanting direction, line or plane.  1, record 1, English, - slant

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Inclinaison, déclivité d'un terrain, d'une surface par rapport à l'horizon.  3, record 1, French, - pente

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

[...] altitude [...] exposition [...] pente. [Caractéristiques apparaissant dans un tableau phytosociologique.]  4, record 1, French, - pente

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

(grade) A degree of inclination, or a rate of ascent or descent, with respect to the horizontal, of a road, railroad, embankment, conduit, or other engineering structure; it is expressed as a ratio (vertical to horizontal), a fraction (such as m/km or ft/mi), or a percentage (of horizontal distance).  6, record 2, English, - slope

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 DEF

(gradient) The degree of slope of a pipe invert or road or land surface. Often expressed as a ratio (3:1, 6:1) in feet or meters, or as a percentage (2%, 30%). The gradient is a measurement of the slope height as related to its base.  5, record 2, English, - slope

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Slopes or gradients are expressed as a ratio of the length of rise to the length of run; for example, 1:10 is the same as 10 per cent and 1:50 is the same as 2 per cent.  7, record 2, English, - slope

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Rapport exprimant la variation de la hauteur, ou de la profondeur, en fonction de la distance.  3, record 2, French, - pente

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pentes. Ces «sols construits» peuvent être relativement perméables [...] ou bien ils sont totalement réfractaires à la pénétration de l'eau [...] Même pour ceux qui sont capables d'absorber une petite pluie, il est bon de prévoir qu'ils ne pourront évacuer rapidement une pluie d'orage ou des précipitations prolongées. Il est donc indispensable de leur donner une pente minimum pour faciliter le ruissellement; il suffira de 1 à 2 cm par mètre.  4, record 2, French, - pente

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT

L'inclinaison des talus dépend de la cohésion des sols [...] Pour les terrains rencontrés en France dans la majorité des cas, on prend : pour les talus de déblai, [...] la pente est de 50 grades (45 degrés). On désigne cette inclinaison par la fraction 1/1 signifiant 1 de base pour 1 de hauteur.  5, record 2, French, - pente

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 CONT

La pente d'une allée [...] Une entrée de garage en sous-sol ne peut excéder 20 % de pente [...] Une allée de piéton ne doit pas dépasser 10 % de pente.  6, record 2, French, - pente

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

pente : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.  7, record 2, French, - pente

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Superficie inclinada. La pendiente es la relación entre el desnivel vertical y la distancia horizontal.  2, record 2, Spanish, - pendiente%20del%20terreno

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Se expresa generalmente en porcentajes.  2, record 2, Spanish, - pendiente%20del%20terreno

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

On slopes where the trails traverse, they must be wide enough to allow for good preparation.  2, record 3, English, - slope

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans les pentes en dévers, [les pistes] doivent être assez larges pour rendre possible une bonne préparation.  3, record 3, French, - pente

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The main working gallery or entry of a coal seam which dips at an angle and along which mine cars are hauled ...  3, record 4, English, - slope

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Three methods, drift, slope, and shaft (or various combinations thereof), are used to gain access to coal located too deep underground for surface mining. ... A slope is an inclined opening driven to work a seam with a downward inclination, or to reach from the surface to a seam or between seams.  4, record 4, English, - slope

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

When not open at one end to the surface, it is known as an inside slope.  3, record 4, English, - slope

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] galerie [en pente] débouchant au jour.  4, record 4, French, - fendue

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lorsque le gîte est à profondeur modérée, on l'atteint à partir de la surface par une galerie inclinée, ou «fendue», dont la pente admissible est limitée à environ 18° [...]  4, record 4, French, - fendue

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Lorsque la pente est forte, c'est un puits incliné.  4, record 4, French, - fendue

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The steepness of a hill, measured in per cent and equal to feet of vertical rise per hundred feet of horizontal distance.  4, record 5, English, - grade

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Gravity Forces (Fsl) pull the rider and bike down the slope (GradHill). The slope of a hill is defined here as rise divided by horizontal run. This is expressed as a decimal number.  5, record 5, English, - grade

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... I'm doing some training that requires me to climb some hills at 3%, 5% and 7%. O.K., so we all know how to calculate the grade of a hill ...  6, record 5, English, - grade

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Tracks should have a gradient generally between 3 - 10 degrees. Short sections may have a gradient between 10 - 15 degrees if the soil type allows it and if erosion control devices are effective and skidding can be avoided.  2, record 5, English, - grade

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "gradient" may also be used to mean the actual hill or slope.  7, record 5, English, - grade

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Grade of a hill; slope of a hill.  7, record 5, English, - grade

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Pente d'une colline; pente d'une butte.  2, record 5, French, - pente

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Pendiente de una colina.  1, record 5, Spanish, - pendiente

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

For some the experience of riding up a hill will be one of elation but for most, the pain of climbing has been enough to see the bike sent to the darkest recesses of the shed or garage and the reintroduction of tiddly-winks to the daily activities.  4, record 6, English, - hill

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT

You will get buckets of water thrown over you, you will get balloons from every corner thrown at you and they also have these huge bicycle pump looking things that throw a spout of water several meters. If you are cycling up a steep gradient you might be said to be a captive audience to them. They have no mercy.  5, record 6, English, - hill

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 CONT

You turn in the dirt road to your right and after a short slope you find a rocky climb, with fairly wide hairpin bends offering a beautiful view of the surrounding valleys. Just before the church of Cigno the tarmac road starts again and after cycling through this small village you get to a crossroads (the highest point this route) where you turn left along a beautiful slope leading to Civorio.  6, record 6, English, - hill

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "gradient" may also be used to mean the "grade of a hill", in which case it is usually expressed as a percentage. "Hill" and "slope" are also polysemic.  7, record 6, English, - hill

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Route en pente.  1, record 6, French, - c%C3%B4te

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Terreno en pendiente.  2, record 6, Spanish, - cuesta

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Incline of a roof expressed as a ratio of vertical rise to horizontal run. For example, a roof that rises at the rate of 4 in. for each 12 in. of run is designated as having a 4 in. 12 slope.  8, record 7, English, - pitch

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The slope of a roof is generally referred to as the pitch and is expressed as the ratio of the rise of the roof to the horizontal span.  9, record 7, English, - pitch

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Slope indicates the incline of a roof as a ratio of vertical rise to horizontal run .... Slope and pitch are often incorrectly used synonymously when referring to the incline of a sloped roof. Pitch indicates the incline of a roof as a ratio of the vertical rise to twice the horizontal run.  10, record 7, English, - pitch

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The distinction between "slope" and "pitch" traced in "Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods," by Harold B. Olin, et al (source OLICO) can also be found in "Construction Glossary: an encyclopedic reference and manual," by J. Stewart Stein (source SCONS, p 275), but nowhere else.  11, record 7, English, - pitch

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Inclinaison d'un versant. (Elle s'exprime soit en degrés mesurés sur l'angle que forme l'horizontale avec la couverture, soit en hauteur mesurée sur la perpendiculaire.)  3, record 7, French, - pente

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

(...) la pente d'un toit, c'est le rapport entre son élévation et sa course. Prends, par exemple, un toit ayant une élévation de 2 000 mm et une course de 6 000 mm. Le rapport élévation : course est donc de 2 000 : 6 000 mais, pour uniformiser, on parle d'une pente de 1 : 3.  4, record 7, French, - pente

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Noter que pour certains auteurs la pente ne doit pas être confondue avec l'inclinaison; la pente exprime un rapport entre l'élévation et la course du toit, alors que l'inclinaison est une mesure de l'angle formé avec le plan horizontal, exprimée en degrés.  8, record 7, French, - pente

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Continental slope.  2, record 8, English, - slope

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Talus continental.  2, record 8, French, - talus

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The difference in elevation of the surface of the stream per unit horizontal distance measured in the direction of flow. [Definition standardized by ISO.]  4, record 9, English, - surface%20slope

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The water surface slope ... can be determined from levels taken along the high water mark of the channel.  2, record 9, English, - surface%20slope

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

surface slope: term standardized by ISO.  5, record 9, English, - surface%20slope

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dénivellation de la surface libre par unité de longueur mesurée horizontalement dans le sens de l'écoulement. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]  3, record 9, French, - pente%20de%20la%20ligne%20d%27eau

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On peut déterminer la pente de la surface de l'eau [...] en relevant des niveaux le long des repères des hautes eaux du canal.  2, record 9, French, - pente%20de%20la%20ligne%20d%27eau

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

pente de la ligne d'eau : terme normalisé par l'ISO.  4, record 9, French, - pente%20de%20la%20ligne%20d%27eau

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Inclinación de la superficie del agua expresada como la diferencia de cota entre dos puntos dividida por la distancia entre ellos.  1, record 9, Spanish, - pendiente%20de%20la%20superficie%20del%20agua

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Spirally graded surface.  2, record 10, English, - banking

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Banking of the track.  3, record 10, English, - banking

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Surface inclinée.  3, record 10, French, - inclinaison

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Inclinaison d'une piste vers l'intérieur.  3, record 10, French, - inclinaison

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Inclinaison de la piste.  4, record 10, French, - inclinaison

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Inclinación de la pista.  1, record 10, Spanish, - inclinaci%C3%B3n

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Each side of a roof with a sloping surface.  2, record 12, English, - slope

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Côté oblique d'un pignon.  1, record 12, French, - rampant%20d%27un%20toit

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On appelle rampants (ou versants) les différents pans inclinés d'une toiture.  2, record 12, French, - rampant%20d%27un%20toit

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Facilities/equipment.  1, record 13, English, - gradient

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Installations/matériel.  1, record 13, French, - pente

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

of reaction curve.  2, record 15, English, - slope

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Écart entre mesure et consigne en régime stabilisé.  2, record 15, French, - statisme

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Relating to the frequency/amplitude response of systems or devices. For example, the attenuation regions of low, high or bandpass filters will have a slope, often expressed as so many decibels per octave.  1, record 16, English, - slope

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Gradient at the seaward edge of the continental shelf.  1, record 17, English, - slope

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Scotian Slope.  1, record 17, English, - slope

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Used for seafloor features off the east and north coasts of Canada.  1, record 17, English, - slope

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 OBS

slope: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.  2, record 17, English, - slope

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Non attesté en français au Canada.  2, record 17, French, - pente

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 OBS

pente : terme uniformisé par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.  2, record 17, French, - pente

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

materials  1, record 18, English, - slope

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

(des matériaux de remblayage)  1, record 18, French, - taluter

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The difference in attenuation of the various frequencies in a band of frequencies. Measured in decibels, slope is a measurement of the frequency response of a channel.  1, record 19, English, - slope

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Différence d'affaiblissement des diverses fréquences d'une bande de fréquences. Mesurée en décibels, la pente est une mesure de la réponse en fréquence d'une voie.  1, record 19, French, - pente

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 20,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The general equation for a straight [regression] line is Y=a+bX. The constant a is the value of Y obtained when X=O, so that Y=a+B(0)=a. This is the value for Y at which the line intersects the Y axis, so that a may be referred to as the Y intercept. The constant b is the slope of the line. It represents the change in Y due to a one-unit increase in the value of X.  1, record 20, English, - slope

Record 20,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 20, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le paramètre a [représente] la pente de la droite et b son ordonnée à l'origine [...]  1, record 20, French, - pente

Record 20,  Textual support,  Spanish