steepens's Usage Examples:

movement of a glacier is faster than elsewhere, because the glacier bed steepens or narrows, and the flow cannot be accommodated by plastic deformation.

the couloir drops to the south face of the mountain, and it gradually steepens to 60 degrees just below the ice field.

Follow this path up and around the side Dumfoyn, and from here the path steepens, as it goes up Dumgoyne.

from the east, and is a somewhat gentle ascent in the beginning, which steepens satisfactorily for those who like a decent climb, as the summit is approached.

Following this brief gentle section the trail steepens and continues mostly on bedrock to the summit.

The index steepens at X-ray energies due to synchrotron radiation losses and on the average.

This is based on the conventional wisdom that the curve steepens when the rate is expected to be cut, and vice versa.

While the angle of ascent steepens significantly closer to the summit, special climbing equipment is not required.

Shield volcanoes feature a gentle (usually 2° to 3°) slope that gradually steepens with elevation (reaching approximately 10°) before flattening near the.

outcrop itself, the "summit" is merely the point at which the gradient steepens markedly.

colliding-pulse mode-locked laser the absorber steepens the leading edge while the lasing medium steepens the trailing edge of the pulse.

As the temperature gradient steepens during frontogenesis, the thermal wind becomes imbalanced.

Its valley narrows and steepens as it enters the Mahabharat Range.

up the Drone valley to Bradway Tunnel at the point where the gradient steepens from 1 in 201 to 1 in 102.

which the lower and leveller portion of the primary valley floor suddenly steepens higher.

This descent steepens above 25% at places, which requires care to descend.

This steepens the thermal lapse rates between the lake temperature and the temperatures.

several points road cuttings in the soil have been made where the gradient steepens, so as to preserve its linear route through the forest.

A short, almost level section after Douglas Gap, which steepens to a short wall sometimes mistaken for the Little Tower.

Tectonic uplift rates and erosion rates systematically increase as topography steepens eastward in the San Gabriel Mountains, where the San Andreas and San Jacinto.

Synonyms:

modify; change; alter;

Antonyms:

detransitivize; stay;