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.
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