Found 3 items, similar to Declivities.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: declivity
kemencongan, kemiringan, lereng
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: declivity
declivity
n : a downward slope or bend [syn:
descent,
fall,
decline,
declination,
declension,
downslope] [ant:
ascent]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Declivities
Declivity
\De*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl.
Declivities. [L. declivitas,
fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill;
akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d['e]clivit['e]. See
Decline.]
1. 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.
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2. A descending surface; a sloping place.
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Commodious declivities and channels for the passage
of the waters. --Derham.
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