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declivity|dɪˈklɪvɪtɪ|
[ad. L. dēclīvitāt-em, f. dēclīv-is: see declive and -ity. Cf. F. déclivité (Dict. Acad. 1762).]
1. Downward slope or inclination (of a hill, etc.).
1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xiv. 147 It is the property of water ever to fall that way, where it findeth declivity. 1666Phil. Trans. I. 361 With what declivity the Water runs out of the Euxine Sea into the Propontis. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. lxvii, Upon a mild declivity of hill. 1860Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 301 The declivity of most of the streets keeps them remarkably clean.
2. concr. A downward slope.
1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth vi. (1723) 280 They will not flow unless upon a Declivity. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho i, A grove which stood on the brow of a gentle declivity. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. viii. 58, I could see the stones..jumping down the declivities. |