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natural slope

British

noun

civil engineering the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping

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This assumes your lot has enough natural slope to your property lines.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

This one was designed to match the natural slope of the bedroom wall.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022

“Generally, after a renourishment is done the slope just offshore begins to mimic the natural slope relatively quickly,” Gardner said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

“Depending on storm activity and other factors, we’d anticipate it to resemble its more natural slope within three to six months.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

I have in mind several miles of tile that will be taken up during the coming season and relaid with reference to the drainage of all land having a natural slope in that direction.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

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