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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

- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- movement of a glacier is faster than elsewhere, because the glacier bed steepens or narrows, and the flow cannot be accommodated by plastic deformation...
- crater was probably formed as inward-collapsing material struck the over-steepened central peak, to form a hydraulic jump at the location where the peak...
- sufficient vision can no longer be achieved by contact lenses due to steepening of the cornea, scarring, or lens intolerance, corneal cross-linking is...
- with that of pressure increases, which gets narrower with time until they steepen into shock waves. A natural example of rarefaction occurs in the layers...
- the cornea in one direction. In keratoconus, progressive thinning and steepening of the cornea cause irregular astigmatism. Regular astigmatism – prin****l...
- trench, sedimentation also takes place from landslides on the tectonically steepened inner slope, often driven by megathrust earthquakes. The Reloca Slide...