(mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
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).
(ethnic) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Verb
(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
(colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
