steepness

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steepness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Steepness \Steep"ness\, n.
     1. Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity;
        as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.
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     2. Height; loftiness. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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steepness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  steepness
      n 1: the property possessed by a slope that is very steep [syn:
           abruptness, precipitousness, steepness] [ant:
           gentleness, gradualness]