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• n  the property possessed by a slope that is very steep

• In the design and construction process I think I actually increased the steepness of the slope because I knew that in time it would soften.
• There's a sharp difference in the volume and steepness of this year's discounts from the ones offered last year.
• Because of its unrelenting steepness and treacherously sudden storms, K2, known as the "Killer Mountain," is a formidable challenge for even accomplished climbers.

• abruptness
• precipitousness

• gradualness

News & Articles

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• Thornburg: Best Munis Are Deeper Now That Yield Curve Is Steeper
  The steepness of the yield curve is rewarding investors for upping their interest rate risk, says Nick Venditti, associate portfolio manager for Thornburg municipal bond portfolios.        
  March 20, 2014 - TheStreet.com

Quotes

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• Hideo Kojima in AFP
  What's unique about the current crisis is the steepness of the decline,said Hideo Kumano, economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. "The depth and width of the current crisis is much more serious than the burst of the IT bubble in...
• Jim Richards in Sydney Morning Herald
  For someone who hasn't been around the track but has watched it on TV and knows that Bathurst is iconic, the thing that will strike you most is the steepness of the hill going up it and the steepness going down,Richards says. "When you're...
• Ian McKellen in Times Online
  He was complaining about the steepness of his drive,McKellen said of the Everest hero. "Which was ironic."