Meredek

Meredek is a Hungarian adjective meaning steep or abrupt in inclination. It describes surfaces, terrains, or angles with a pronounced slope, such as meredek hegyoldal (steep hillside), meredek út (steep road), or meredek tető (steep roof). The term is widely used in geography, architecture, construction, and everyday language to convey the degree of incline.

Grammatical forms include the comparative meredekebb (steeper) and the superlative legmeredekebb (steepest). The noun form meredekség denotes the steepness or gradient of a surface. In technical contexts, meredekség is used to quantify slope, gradient, or pitch, for example in road design, railway engineering, or urban planning.

In geography and geology, meredek lejtő refers to a slope with a high gradient, while in architecture it can describe roof pitches and staircases with a pronounced incline. The term can also appear in figurative language to describe rapid or drastic changes or actions, though such usage is less common than its physical sense.

See also: slope, gradient, incline, pitch.