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Webster 1913 Edition
Acclivity
Ac-cliv′i-ty
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acclivity
ACCLIV'ITY
,Noun.
A slope or inclination of the earth as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or a side descending. Rising ground; ascent; the talus of a rampart.
Definition 2024
acclivity
acclivity
English
Noun
acclivity (plural acclivities)
- (geomorphology) 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.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
- Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8