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ac·cliv·i·ty    Audio Help   [uh-kliv-i-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ties.
an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (opposed to declivity).

[Origin: 1605–15; < L acclīvitās, equiv. to acclīv(is) steep (ac- ac- + -clīvis, adj. deriv. of clīvus slope) + -itās -ity]

ac·cliv·i·tous, ac·cli·vous    Audio Help   [uh-klahy-vuhs] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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ac·cliv·i·ty    Audio Help   (ə-klĭv'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ac·cliv·i·ties
An upward slope, as of a hill.


[Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis, uphill : ad-, ad- + clīvus, slope; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

ac·cliv'i-tous (-ĭ-təs) adj.
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acclivity 
1614, from L. acclivitatem "steepness," from acclivis "mounting upwards, ascending," from ad- "up" + clivus "hill."

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acclivity

noun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent] [ant: declension

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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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