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Intercept vs Slope - What's the difference?

intercept | slope |

In transitive terms the difference between intercept and slope

is that intercept is to stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion) while slope is to form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

As an adjective slope is

sloping.

As an adverb slope is

slopingly.

intercept

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
  • (senseid)An interception of a missile.
  • (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
  • *2012 , Alice Kaseberg, Greg Cripe, Peter Wildman, Introductory Algebra: Everyday Explorations , page 278
  • *:Because the horizontal-axis intercept' occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis '''intercept''' occurs when x=0, we can find the ' intercepts algebraically.

    • See also

    * (an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call) bug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
    • The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , ...and made every vein of my body circulate liquid fires: the emotion grew so violent that it almost intercepted my respiration.}}
  • (sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.

    • slope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
    • I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
  • The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
    • The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.
  • (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
  • (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
    • The slope of a parabola increases linearly with ''x''.
  • 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.
  • (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

    • Synonyms

    * (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) bank, embankment, gradient, hill, incline * (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) gradient * (mathematics) first derivative, gradient * Chinaman, Chink

    Verb

    (slop)
  • (label) To tend steadily upward or downward.
  • * , chapter=23
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
  • (label) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
  • To try to move surreptitiously.
  • (label) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

    • Derived terms

    * ski slope * slippery slope * sloping

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sloping.
  • * (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
    • A bank not steep, but gently slope .
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Down the slope hills.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) slopingly
    • (Milton)

    Anagrams

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