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acclivity |
2 definitions found 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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