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2 definitions found 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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