Australian English Meaning of declivity

slope

Other Australian English words related to slope

Definitions and Meaning of declivity in English

Wordnet

declivity (n)

a downward slope or bend

Webster

declivity (n.)

Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

A descending surface; a sloping place.

FAQs About the word declivity

slope

a downward slope or bendDeviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same

decline,descent,dip,downhill,basin,declension,depression,Downgrade,fall,hanging

acclivity,ascent,hill,rise,uphill,grade,Gradient,inclination,slope,lean

declivitous => declivitous, declivities => Slopes, declinous => declining, declinometer => declinometer, declining => declining,