Slope+upward
121JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …
122landslide — /land sluyd /, n., v., landslid, landslid or landslidden, landsliding. n. 1. the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope. 2. the mass itself. 3. an election in which a particular victorious… …
123Artificial ski slopes — or dry ski slopes are ski slopes that mimic the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable people to ski on them. The term dry ski slopes is also used but can be misleading as many slopes are lubricated… …
124Orography — (from the Greek όρος, hill, γραφία, to write) is the study of the formation and relief of mountains,[1] and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region s elevated terrain.[2] Orography (also known as oreography, orology or oreology)… …
125Parabolic coordinates — are a two dimensional orthogonal coordinate system in which the coordinate lines are confocal parabolas. A three dimensional version of parabolic coordinates is obtained by rotating the two dimensional system about the symmetry axis of the… …
126geology — /jee ol euh jee/, n., pl. geologies. 1. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is… …
127ship construction — Introduction complex of activities concerned with the design and fabrication of all marine vehicles (ship). Ship construction today is a complicated compound of art and science. In the great days of sail, vessels were designed and… …
128climb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. mount, scale, ascend, rise, go up; succeed; clamber, scramble, shin[ny]. See ascent, descent. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of climbing] Syn. climbing, clamber, mounting, ascent; see rise 1 . 2. [An… …
