a·slope

[uh-slohp]
adverb
1.
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
adjective

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see a-1, slope

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aslope (əˈsləʊp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv, —adj
(postpositive) sloping

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Aslope is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
The first is called dynamic wave pressure that appears when the incident wave reaches aslope and impacts it.
Aslope and offset is fit to each correlation and the slope values are adopted as yearly calibration variations.
Such aslope-intercept model naturally leads to an additional state variable.
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