Hypertext Webster Gateway: "steepness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Steepness \Steep"ness\, n.
1. Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity;
as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.
2. Height; loftiness. [Obs.] --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
steepness
n : the property possessed by a slope that is very steep [syn: {abruptness},
{precipitousness}] [ant: {gradualness}]
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