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DECLIVITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A downward slope or bend
Synonyms:
declension; declination; decline; declivity; descent; downslope; fall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("declivity" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "declivity"):
downhill (the downward slope of a hill)
steep (a steep place (as on a hill))
Derivation:
declivitous (sloping down rather steeply)
