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Slope vs Null - What's the difference?

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In mathematics terms the difference between slope and null

is that slope is the slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point while null is of or comprising a value of precisely zero.

In transitive terms the difference between slope and null

is that slope is to form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant while null is to nullify; to annul.

As nouns the difference between slope and null

is that slope is an area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward while null is a non-existent or empty value or set of values.

As verbs the difference between slope and null

is that slope is to tend steadily upward or downward while null is to nullify; to annul.

As adjectives the difference between slope and null

is that slope is sloping while null is having no validity, "null and void.

As an adverb slope

is slopingly.

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
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  • (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

    *

    References

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    null

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • Something that has no force or meaning.
  • (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  • (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
  • Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
  • One of the beads in nulled work.
  • (statistics) null hypothesis
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no validity, "null and void"
  • insignificant
  • * 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
  • In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.
  • absent or non-existent
  • (mathematics) of the null set
  • (mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
  • (genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
  • Derived terms

    * nullity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to nullify; to annul
  • (Milton)

    See also

    * nil ----