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declivity in French

declivity in French is déclivité — declivity means a downward slope or incline.

declivity in French

déclivité
noun
(geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.

What does "declivity" mean?

  1. noun A downward slope or incline.
    "Companion woodcut of "inclined plane on the railway from South Hetton to Seaham Harbour, showing the manner in which a loaded train of waggons pulls an empty one up the declivity""
  2. noun A place where a path bends or slopes downward.
  3. noun (entomology) A part of an insect's hard outer shell that curves inward, such as between segments.
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declivity in a sentence

  • Companion woodcut of "inclined plane on the railway from South Hetton to Seaham Harbour, showing the manner in which a loaded train of waggons pulls an empty one up the declivity"

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What is "declivity" in French?
"declivity" in French is déclivité. declivity means: A downward slope or incline.
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