steepened
past simple and past participle ofsteepen
steepen
verb
uk/ˈstiː.pən/us/ˈstiː.pən/[IorT]
tobecomesteeper, or to make something do this:
Thetrailbeganto steepen near thetopof thehill.
[I]
If something such as acoststeepens, itincreases:
Ourcostshave steepened since webeganthisproject.
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- acclivity
- angle
- angled
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- lopsided
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- rake
- raked
- shelve
- slope
- sloping
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip(something/someone)over
- tippy
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steepened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At high intensities, the plasma density profile issteepenedby light pressure to a fraction of a laser wavelength.
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Additionally, they showsteepenedtrailing edges, where density depletions occur.
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By contrast, distal clinoforms (shelf break, distallysteepenedramp settings) yield a much broader spectrum of profiles and are generally shorter and steeper.
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These forces oppose the formation of regions ofsteepenedvelocity gradient, and thus the mean energy of the flow drops off rapidly with time.
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This coordinate can redress the disproportionate distribution of grid points by equalizing thesteepenedmetric distribution along the magnetic field line in the conventional dipole coordinate.
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Both odd and even harmonics were observed, and the physical process invoked to explain the harmonics generation was the resonance absorption, due to a highlysteepeneddensity profile.
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In most cases the initial standing wave generated by the tilted interfacesteepenedand evolved into a packet of solitary waves, although some energy remained in a residual larger scale.
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However, instead of the decline being arrested the decline has quicked andsteepened.
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This downturn began in 1973 andsteepenedconsiderably towards the end of 1974.
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They decided that the first three ships should be built jointly by the two yards so that the learning curve would be jointlysteepened.
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This worsened the load factor andsteepenedthe peak.
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The captain extended the spoilers (speed brakes) andsteepenedthe descent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The drainage system in the area was rearranged andsteepened, causing streams to downcut faster and sometimes change course.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To this point, gradients were gentle, but they nowsteepenedto 1 in 66 on the climb up to the bridge.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once under power, it is raised into a 65 climb, which is furthersteepenedin the higher part of the trajectory.
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