steepness

Other forms: steepnesses

Definitions of steepness
  1. noun
    the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
    synonyms: abruptness, precipitousness
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    type of:
    gradient, slope
    the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
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