spád
Spád is a term used in Slovak and Czech meaning slope, gradient, or incline. It describes how steep a surface or a path is. In geography and geomorphology, spád is the steepness of terrain, defined as the vertical change over a given horizontal distance. It can be expressed as a percentage (rise over run) or as an angle. A higher spád means faster runoff and steeper slopes, influencing erosion, drainage, and land use planning.
In civil engineering and construction, spád refers to the designed incline of surfaces such as roofs, roads,
In mathematics, spád denotes the slope or gradient of a function. For a real-valued function y=f(x), the
The term is used in everyday language to refer to inclined surfaces or hills. Etymologically, spád derives