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ˈupslope, n., a., and adv.
[up prep.2]
A. n. An upward slope; rising ground.
1920D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl v. 63 The eye would instinctively wander..to the long upslope opposite. 1929― Escaped Cock ii. 58 Inland, the steep grooved upslope was dark, to the long wavering outline of the crest against the translucent sky. 1973Times 6 Mar. 2/7 He walked up the main up-slope for a closer inspection. 1977New Yorker 8 Aug. 55/2 The ball, after landing on the upslope to the green, hopped through the opening between the two front bunkers and curled directly toward the pin.
B. adj. Caused by, occurring, or acting upon an upward slope; esp. as upslope fog (see quot. 1956).
1941[see advection]. 1956J. C. Swayne Conc. Gloss. Geogr. Terms 146 Upslope fog, fog formed when moist air blows over hilly ground and is cooled adiabatically until its dew point is reached and condensation takes place. 1970R. J. Small Study of Landforms vi. 215 Upslope factors are considered to be of virtually no importance in Penck's theory. 1973Nature 9 Feb. 394/1 If the grain size were halved instead of doubled the up⁓slope fluid drag on each grain would be reduced to a quarter.
C. adv. At or towards a higher point on a slope.
1956A. G. Garnett in D. L. Linton Sheffield 53 Temperatures in the bottom of Edale..are..colder than at points only a few hundred feet up-slope. 1970R. J. Small Study of Landforms vi. 214 In time an almost infinite number of new units, each of gentler gradient than the next unit above it, will be formed at the foot of the slope and undergo migration upslope. 1979Sci. Amer. July 110/1 Walcott returned to the spot the following year to search upslope for the shale stratum that had been the source of his fallen rock. |