| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun declivity.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (declivity) | 1. A downward slope or bend.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. A descending surface; a sloping place.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DECLIVITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1773. (references) |
Specialty Definition: declivity
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] Declination from a horizontal line; descent of land; inclination downward; a slope; a gradual descent of the earth, of a rock or other thing: chiefly used of the earth, and opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, and considered as ascending, an acclivity.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] a downward bend in a path. (references) | 2: [Noun] the downward slope of a hill. (references) | |
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