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steepness|ˈstiːpnɪs|
[f. steep a. + -ness.]
1. The quality or condition of being steep.
c1440Promp. Parv. 474/2 Stepnesse, or sydenesse of a roof (P. stopnesse), elevacio. 1530Palsgr. 276/1 Stepnesse of a hyll, cliuité. 1538Elyot Dict. Addit., Abruptum, that whiche hath suche a fall or stepenesse downe, that no man maye passe by it, but onely fall downe. 1615Chapman Odyss. vi. 408 Whose Towres you see ascend To such a steepnesse. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 29 In a niche in the mountain of Zurl, which also from its perpendicular steepness is called St. Martin's wall. 1861W. Froude Rolling of Ships (1862) 54 Assuming a smaller degree of steepness in the wave. 1892K. Pearson Gram. Sci. vi. §10. 257 If we examine the time-chart we see that there is a considerable difference in its steepness at different points.
2. concr. A steep part or slope of a hill, etc.
1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 379/2 Dorsum montis,..the side, hanging or steepenesse of an hill. 1602Chettle Hoffman v. (1631) H 4 b, I did perceiue her..Clambring vpon the steepenes of the rocke. 1887Hall Caine Deemster xl, A hut built against a steepness of rugged land from which stones had sometimes been quarried. 1904Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 2/1 Under the steepnesses ending in that dolomite crag which [etc.]. |