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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acclivity \Ac*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl {Acclivities}. [L. acclivitas
fr acclivis acclivus ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope,
fr root kli to lean. See {Lean}.]
A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill,
considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or
descending; an upward slope; ascent.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acclivity
n : an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
make the grade" [syn: {ascent}, {rise}, {raise}, {climb},
{upgrade}] [ant: {descent}]
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