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declivity
Declivity (noun) means a downward slope or incline.
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1
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""
— , The South Hetton Railway in 1835 (1948)
2
A place where a path bends or slopes downward.
3
(entomology) A part of an insect's hard outer shell that curves inward, such as between segments.
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Etymology
Dates from the 1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās, from dēclivis ("a sloping downward"), from de ("down") and clīvus ("a slope"), tracing back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ("to lean") (compare English lean).
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What is the meaning of declivity?
"declivity" (noun) means a downward slope or incline.
What is another word for declivity?
Other words for "declivity" include declension, descent, downslope, fall, declination, decline.
What is the opposite of declivity?
Opposites of "declivity" include ascent, rise, acclivity.
What are the different meanings of declivity?
"declivity" has 3 main meanings: 1. A downward slope or incline; 2. A place where a path bends or slopes downward; 3. (entomology) A part of an insect's hard outer shell that curves inward, such as between segments.
