DECLIVITY


Meaning of DECLIVITY in English

/di kliv"i tee/ , n. , pl. declivities .

a downward slope, as of ground (opposed to acclivity ).

[ 1605-15; declivitas a slope, hill, equiv. to declivi ( s ) sloping downward ( de- DE- + cliv ( us ) slope, hill + -is adj. suffix) + -tas -TY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .