Class: Slope

A slope or gradient of a line describes its steepness, incline, or grade. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline. Slope is normally described by the ratio of the "rise" divided by the "run" between two points on a line.

URI: sio:Slope

Parents

• is_a: Ratio - A ratio is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind expressed arithmetically as a dimensionless quotient of the two which explicitly indicates how many times the first number contains the second.

Attributes

Inherited from Ratio:

• hasCreator _0..1
  • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
  • Range: Entity

• hasAttribute _0..1

  • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

  • Range: Entity

  • satisfies _0..1

  • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

  • Range: Description

  • isRelatedTo _0..1
  • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
  • Range: Entity
  • derivesInto _0..1

  • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

  • Range: Object

  • hasUnit _0..1
  • Description: has unit is a relation between a quantity and the unit it is a multiple of.
  • Range: UnitOfMeasurement
  • isMeasurementValueOf _0..1

  • Description: is measurement value of is a relation between a value and the entity that it is a measurement of.

  • Range: Entity

  • isNumericallyComparableTo _0..1

  • Description: is numerically comparable to is a comparison relation between two quantities whose datatype value can be compared.

  • Range: Quantity