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steepness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun steepness has 1 sense
- steepness(n = noun.attribute) abruptness, precipitousness - the property possessed by a slope that is very steep; Array is a kind of gradient, slope
Derived forms adjective steep1, adjective steep3
CIDE DICTIONARY
steepness, n.
- Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof. [1913 Webster]
- Height; loftiness. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
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