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GRADIENT |
Inclined plane |
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FOOTSTEP |
An inclined plane under a hand printing press. |
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RAMP |
An inclined plane serving as a communication between
different interior levels. |
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INCLINE |
An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or
gradient; a slope. |
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SLIP |
An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which
it is hauled for repair. |
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TRUNCATED |
Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. |
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SLOPING |
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or
from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. |
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TRUNCATION |
The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane,
especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces. |
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CLINOPINACOID |
The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which
is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal)
axes. |
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SLIDE |
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force
of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs
by sliding them down. |
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SKID |
One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to
form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything
is moved by sliding or rolling. |
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ROLL |
...by
rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and
over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an
incli... |
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CRADLE |
... ways or
rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy
guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, ... |
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HELIX |
A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to
a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of
the ordinary s... |
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GRADE |
The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a
level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet
per mile, or as... |
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SHOOT |
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which
timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either
natural or ... |
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SUBCONTRARY |
... a
section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not
parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a... |