About The Word Declivity
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Declivity
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What's The Definition Of Declivity?
[n] a downward slope or bend
Synonyms | Synonyms for Declivity: declension | declination | decline | descent | downslope | fall Related Terms | Find terms related to Declivity: See Also | downhill | incline | side | slope | steep Declivity In Webster's Dictionary \De*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Declivities}. [L. declivitas,
fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill;
akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d['e]clivit['e]. See
{Decline}.]
1. Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of
surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to
acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as
descending, being a declivity, which, considered as
ascending, is an acclivity.
2. A descending surface; a sloping place.
Commodious declivities and channels for the passage
of the waters. --Derham.
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