downsloping

English

Etymology

From down +‎ sloping.

Adjective

downsloping (comparative more downsloping, superlative most downsloping)

1. Sloping downward.
   • 2007 October 14, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Hatchback Plot Is Hatched”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 April 2025:

     With seats folded or erect, the downsloping roof impinges on cargo capacity; a Kia Spectra ’s hatch seems as big as an S.U.V.’s in comparison.

Noun

downsloping (uncountable)

1. (meteorology) Air descending a slope, resulting in adiabatic warming and reduction in relative humidity.
   • 2005, Matthew Miller, Weird, Wild & Unpredictable: An Illustrated History of East Tennessee Weather‎^[2], page 42:

     Downsloping creates an environment that is far less conducive to thunderstorms […]

   • 2020 NWS Boston 1103 AM EDT forecast discussion:

     While dewpoints are still fairly elevated, due to west downsloping dewpoints are about 2-4 degrees lower than yesterday in the mid to upper 60s.