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declivity
(encz) | declivity,sklon n: Zdeněk Brož |
declivity
(encz) | declivity,spád n: Zdeněk Brož |
Declivity
(gcide) | Declivity \De*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Declivities. [L. declivitas,
fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill;
akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d['e]clivit['e]. See
Decline.]
1. 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.
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2. A descending surface; a sloping place.
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Commodious declivities and channels for the passage
of the waters. --Derham.
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declivity
(wn) | declivity
n 1: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity,
fall, decline, declination, declension,
downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise,
rise, upgrade] |
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compensation declivity
(encz) | compensation declivity,kompenzační sklon (hydrotechnika) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
Declivity
(gcide) | Declivity \De*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Declivities. [L. declivitas,
fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill;
akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d['e]clivit['e]. See
Decline.]
1. 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.
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2. A descending surface; a sloping place.
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Commodious declivities and channels for the passage
of the waters. --Derham.
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