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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Declivity \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
declivity
n : a downward slope [syn: {descent}, {fall}, {decline}, {downslope}]
[ant: {ascent}]
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