An inclination or slant.
- lower ridge s. the s. of the mandibular residual ridge in the second and third molar as seen from the buccal side.
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(slōp) 1. an inclined plane; a surface which is neither horizontal nor vertical. 2. to deviate from the horizontal and from the vertical plane; said of a surface intersecting the horizontal at an angle between 1 and 90 degrees. 3. a mathematical means of expressing the position of a line relative to the horizontal and vertical axes, expressed as the ratio of the change in vertical distance to the change in horizontal distance when the line is traversed.Medical dictionary. 2011.