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natural slope

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

“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

“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

As the planking was laid west of the trolley tracks, traffic was turned to that side of the street, and the material east of the tracks was excavated to its natural slope.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 by George C. Clarke

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