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Definition of Steepened

Steepened
Steepen Steep"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Steepened; p. pr. & vb. n. Steepening.] To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. --H. Miller.
Steepen
Steepen Steep"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Steepened; p. pr. & vb. n. Steepening.] To become steep or steeper. As the way steepened . . . I could detect in the hollow of the hill some traces of the old path. --H. Miller.

Meaning of Steepened from wikipedia

- forces which are exerted on the surface. Shock waves can form due to steepening of ordinary waves. The best-known example of this phenomenon is ocean...
- by freeze-thaw weathering, and the slope on either side of the arête steepened through m**** wasting events and the erosion of exposed, unstable rock...
- is at its minimum and the oscillation frequency is at its maximum. The steepening rate of change of shunt impedance with hand position compensates for the...
- slump formations formed when the streams that cut into the cliffs over-steepened them. Heavy Moisture led to land slides of blocks of overhanging earth...
- Ackley, who pushed out the sidewalls at the shoulder to near parallel and steepened the shoulder angle to 40 degrees in order to increase powder capacity...
- movement of a glacier is faster than elsewhere, because the glacier bed steepens or narrows, and the flow cannot be accommodated by plastic deformation...
- sufficient vision can no longer be achieved by contact lenses due to steepening of the cornea, scarring, or lens intolerance, corneal cross-linking is...
- about 65 million years ago (during the Laramide orogeny). This uplift has steepened the stream gradient of the Colorado River and its tributaries, which in...
- convergence rates decreased and the dip of the Farallon slab began to steepen. Uplift ceased and the region largely levelled by erosion. By the Oligocene...
- reducing width by 13 mm (0.51 in). With a focus on improving agility, BMW steepened the steering head angle to 66.9 degrees and reduced trail to 93.9 mm (3...