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acclivity

noun
/əˈklɪv.ə.ti/

Etymology

First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

  1. borrowed from acclīvitās

Definitions

  1. A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in…

    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.

    • how gaily vineyards and olives alternately chequer the acclivities
    • she would walk […] as far as to the point where the acclivity from the valley began its first steep ascent to the outer world.
    • Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.

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