STEEPNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steepness mean? 

• STEEPNESS (noun)
  The noun STEEPNESS has 1 sense:

1. the property possessed by a slope that is very steep

  Familiarity information: STEEPNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEEPNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property possessed by a slope that is very steep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

abruptness; precipitousness; steepness

Hypernyms ("steepness" is a kind of...):

gradient; slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal)

Derivation:

steep (having a sharp inclination)

steep (of a slope; set at a high angle)

 Context examples 

Their absolute steepness is indicated in the photograph which I took over the stony desert.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What with the steepness of the incline, the thick tree stumps, and the soft sand, he and his crutch were as helpless as a ship in stays.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)