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declivity
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declivity
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun declivity has 1 sense
- declivity(n = noun.object) declension, declination, decline, descent, downslope, fall - a downward slope or bend; Array has particulars: downhill, steep
is a kind of incline, side, slope
Derived form adjective declivitous1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
declivity, n. (pl. -ies) a downward slope, esp. a piece of sloping ground.
Derivative
declivitous adj.
Etymology
L declivitas f. declivis (as DE-, clivus slope)
ROGET THESAURUS
declivity
Obliquity
N obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness, slopeness, leaning, bevel, tilt, bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch, distortion, bend, tower of Pisa, acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach, talus, monagne Russe, facilis descensus averni.Descent
N descent, descension, declension, declination, fall, falling, slump, drop, plunge, plummet, cadence, subsidence, collapse, lapse, downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch, cropper, culbute, titubation, stumble, fate of Icarus, avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide, declivity, dip, hill, rappel, descending, descendent, decurrent, decursive, labent, deciduous, nodding to its fall, downhill, downwards, the bottom fell out.
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