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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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acclivity
1614, from L. acclivitatem "steepness," from acclivis "mounting upwards, ascending," from ad- "up" + clivus "hill."
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