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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

陡峭度

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dǒu qiào dù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Steepness/ˈstiːp.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这座山的陡峭度让登山者感到吃力。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of rising or falling sharply; the degree of incline of a surface.

    "The sheer steepness of the mountain trail made the hike exhausting."
  2. 2

    A sharp or perpendicular gradient in a geographical formation or structure.

    "Engineers had to account for the steepness of the hill when designing the road."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'stēap', meaning lofty or steep, combined with the nominal suffix '-ness'. Historically used to describe physical elevations, it has evolved to metaphorically represent rapid rates of change in graphs, trends, and gradients.

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