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Definition of Declivity
1. Noun. A downward slope or bend.
Specialized synonyms: Downhill, Steep
Generic synonyms: Incline, Side, Slope
Derivative terms: Decline, Decline, Decline, Declivitous, Fall
Antonyms: Ascent
Definition of Declivity
1. n. 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.
Definition of Declivity
1. Noun. the downward slope of a hill ¹
2. Noun. a downward bend in a path ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Declivity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Declivity
Literary usage of Declivity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"beds are horizontal the stream slowly passes from one bed to another by reason
of its declivity, and when the dip of a formation coincides with the ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The Influence of declivity. In general the greater the declivity the ... It does
not follow, however, that high declivity favors each element of erosion. ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The Influence of declivity. In general the greater the declivity the ... It does
not follow, however, that high declivity favors each element of erosion. ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"Running waters unceasingly wear away their beds and banks in places where the
declivity is very rapid j they hollow out and deepen their channels in ..."
5. Rhynchophora Or Weevils of North Eastern America by Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng (1916)
"declivity with interspace 1 unarmed, interspace 3 armed with acute granules toward
... declivity with interspaces 1 and 3 armed with rows of granules. c. ..."
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