declivity
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declivity (dɪˈklɪvɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| Compare acclivity a downward slope, esp of the ground | |
| [C17: from Latin dēclīvitās, from | |
| de'clivitous | |
| —adj | |
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Declivity
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Word Origin & History
declivity
1612, from L. declivitatem (nom. declivitas), from declivis "a sloping downward," from de- "down" + clivus "a slope," from PIE *klei-wo-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)).
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Example sentences
The bare declivity has evidently been worked, and the auriferous gravel must now be packed from the heights.
Declivity winds should be renamed updraft deflection winds.
The wind could not help blowing under such conditions any more than water can help flowing rapidly down a steep declivity.
Chlorine had hovered in the forest declivity where the five victims lived.
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