The phrase "a less negative slope" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing mathematics, statistics, or any situation where you are comparing the steepness of lines or trends, indicating that one slope is not as steeply downward as another.
Example: "In our analysis, we found that the new marketing strategy resulted in a less negative slope in sales over the last quarter."
Alternatives: "a milder negative slope" or "a shallower decline".
The value of the E-pH slope depends on the KOH concentration of the ageing electrolyte; a higher KOH concentration resulting in a less negative value of the E-pH slope.
In Fig. 4e, the samples show a trend of (Ca2+ + Mg2+)–(SO4 2− + HCO3 −) versus Na+-Cl− with a negative slope of less than unity, but they spread above and below the linear trend.
Three regimes having respectively a positive slope, a constant slope, and a negative slope are observed and are interpreted with respect to the soot inception process.
Hence, a normal habituation gave a negative slope value, while potentiation gave a positive slope.
A shallower, slope (closer to 0) represents a repertoire that is more diverse and random, whereas a steeper, more negative, slope represents a repertoire that is less diverse and more repetitious.
We scanned each EEG channel to detect SSOs according to the MDC [5]: a) two zero crossings separated by 0.3 1.0 s, with the first one having a negative slope; b) a negative peak between the two zero crossings with a voltage less than −80 µV; c) a negative peak to positive peak amplitude of at least 140 µV.
The slope of the curve was used as an indicator of CTC changes during this period; with a positive slope indicating an increase or no change in CTC numbers and a negative slope indicating a decrease in CTCs.
The bootstrap regression of relative brain size contrasts on mass dimorphism contrasts yielded a negative slope value (b) significantly less than zero (b = −0.5849, r = −0.396, p = 0.026).
A negative slope indicates a line tilted towards left while a positive slope indicates a line tilted towards right.
An inverse J-shaped curve is represented by a steep negative slope, while species with little regeneration show a negative slope close to zero.
