The phrase "a declining slope" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to geography, mathematics, or any situation where a decrease in elevation or value is being described.
Example: "The trail leads down a declining slope, making it easier for hikers to navigate."
Alternatives: "a downward slope" or "a decreasing gradient".
President Obama has committed to one of them: a gradual drawdown by 2014, accepting three more years of sacrifice in blood and expenditure (on a declining slope, it is hoped), in the expectation that Afghan forces can be built up to hold off the Taliban, protect civilians, and prevent civil war, which would almost certainly spill into Pakistan, making things there even worse.
The study site at Smitty's Cove is relatively shallow (15 20 m deep) and is characterized by a gently declining slope and a mixed, soft and hard sediment substrate.
Our third site, the rock slide, is a subtidal boulder field adjacent to the shoreline on a 45° declining slope.
Rather, the declining slope of Jmax : Vcmax through time for all treatments suggests a gradual reallocation of N as plants acclimated to reductions in soil N availability.
The declining slope was steeper among APOE E4 carriers than E4 noncarriers.
The declining slope of the regression line between Pmo and EVLWI in tezosentan-treated animals indicates that additional factors affecting lung fluid filtration might be active.
T2*min, ischemic minimum of T2*; T2*max, T2* peak value during reactive hyperemia; TTP, time to peak; DS, declining slope after hyperemia peaking; EV, T2* end value.
Mean weaning weight between the two regimes was not significantly different (mean sardine period = 129 ± 8.2 kg vs mean anchovy period = 127.6 ± 2.3 kg) (t = 0.38, df = 23, P > 0.05) but this analysis is confounded by the declining slope of weaning mass over the course of the sardine regime and the small and incomplete sample size for the anchovy regime.
The slope has shown a declining trend of rainfall within the stated period.
Two definitions were evaluated; RP definition A: An average eGFR decline (slope) ≥5 m/year/1.73 m/year over four years of follow-up with ≥3 eGFR measurements/year, last eGFR <90 ml/min/1.73 m and an absolute decline ≥5 m/year/1.73 m/year in two consecutive years.
The random effect is time in years, and we used a time by pre-progression rate interaction term to indicate whether or not there is a difference in average rate of decline (slope) associated with a patient's initially calculated pre-progression group.
