Found 2 items, similar to Acclivity.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: acclivity acclivity n : an upward slope or grade (as in a road); “the car couldn't make it up the rise” [syn: ascent, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: descent]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Acclivity Acclivity \Ac*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Acclivities. [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.] A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent. [1913 Webster]