Viewed that way, it becomes a matter of semantics whether you want to call the steepness of this blade “singal” or “noise”. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
There's a steepness to these people coming up here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2003] Reference
Does the painter seek to give steepness to a declivity?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
I ran down the stairs, but their steepness made me slow. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
The pace, in consequence of the steepness, was tremendous. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
On the north the steepness of the hill only allows of three. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
On descent nothing remarkable, except steepness: same vegetation. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
So, that shows you the steepness of the hill facing Senator McCain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2008] Reference
He talked about the steepness of that -- that trek down to the beach. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2004] Reference
On its northern side, the steepness of the hill formed the only defence. '. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
Manner of finding the steepness of a hill and representing same on a map. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
Puffing and blowing at last Rokuzo was compelled to zig-zag on its steepness. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
The steepness of the cliff on the remaining side rendered a wall superfluous. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228] Reference
J. KING: Well, Larry, they understand the steepness of the hill in front of them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2008] Reference
And based upon this picture, Fredricka, now you can really tell the steepness of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2006] Reference
From there up, owing to the steepness of the ascent, we had to employ different tactics. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference
Straining up the steep hill, his heart will grow stout in just proportion to its steepness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference
The steepness of the slopes on which the vine grows best, greatly increases the owner's toil. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
Let's hypothetically, Wolf, give them all to John McCain just to show the steepness of the hill. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2008] Reference
Upstairs, in the loge and in the tiers, they have a different plan because of the steepness of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008] Reference
The steepness of the curve is a measure of the stability of the nitro-cellulose which is being examined. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
All round us there was such steepness that it was a work of great difficulty to set up my camera anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
A convenient carriage-road, the steepness of which has been diminished by art, was carried along the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales"] Reference
I mean you think -- think of the tragic loss of life -- look at the steepness for these people coming up here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2003] Reference
The manzanita with snow on top of it and the steepness of the area just made travel very difficult for everyone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007] Reference
The analogy fails also in one important point, that of the acceleration of speed with the steepness of the slope. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863] Reference
The Manzanillo with snow on top of it and the steepness of the area just made travel very difficult for everyone. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007] Reference
A very large rogue wave comes as a result of a very big storm and then the instability of the waves, the steepness. From Wordnik.com. [Studying And Surfing The Ocean's Monster Waves] Reference
The difficulty of getting up depends to a large extent on the surface and on the wind, but chiefly on the steepness. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
To this evil the darkness and steepness of the streets mainly contribute, by furnishing almost a certainty of escape. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
Alpine in their steepness and barrenness, and the roads of old time made by the Puritans took the Devil by the horns. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
Here there are no paths whatever, and at times our horses can scarcely move on because of the steepness of the ascent. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Days in Gilead] Reference
On the east the opening, without being quite so elaborate owing to the steepness of the hill, is equally well defended. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
"When you look at the steepness of the yield curve, there's more potential for flattening than for further steepening," says. From Wordnik.com. [A Bond Strategy for Volatile Times] Reference
It is not probable that its extent is greater than what is exposed at low water, but from its steepness it is very dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1] Reference
The moving men seemed to realize their steepness, for they put all eight of the horses to one van and bravely started up the hill. From Wordnik.com. [At Home with the Jardines] Reference
The degree to which the mouldboard pulverizes depends on the steepness of its slant upward and the abruptness of its curve sidewise. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
Such curves show differences of steepness according to the temperature (see temp. curve), and to alterations of light (lamp) and darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Most of the towns passed are at a considerable height above the road, and sometimes on account of the steepness of the banks cannot be seen from it. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
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