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steepness

steepness noun: the state or quality of being steep.

Noun

steepness (countable and uncountable, plural steepnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being steep.
    • The steepness of the hill caused the accident.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being steep.

steepness meaning in Tamil and Kannada

steepness in Tamil

state or quality of being steep
செங்குத்து ceṅkuttu

steepness in Kannada

ಕಡದು, ಕುಡುದು, ಕಡಿದಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ರಭಸ, ತೀವ್ರತೆ

Forms of steepness

pluralsteepnesses

Origin of steepness

From steep + -ness.

Questions about steepness

What does steepness mean?
Steepness means the state or quality of being steep.
What is steepness in Tamil?
Steepness in Tamil is செங்குத்து (ceṅkuttu). See Steepness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is steepness?
Steepness is a noun.
What is the plural of steepness?
The plural of steepness is steepnesses.

Words near steepness in the dictionary

  1. steeples
  2. Steepleton
  3. Steepletons
  4. steepling
  5. steeply
  6. steepness
  7. steepnesses
  8. steeps
  9. steepy
  10. steer
  11. steer clear

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steepness (page history and authors); steepness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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