declivity
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declivity
- /dɪˈklɪvɪti/ UK
Where it comes from
1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās,
from dēclivis (“a sloping downward”), from de (“down”) + clīvus (“a slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (English lean).
noun declivities
- The downward slope of a curve. The Declivity was ſo ſmall, that I walked near a mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectur'd was about eight a-clock in the Evening.
- A downward bend in a path.
- An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward. 1979, Entomology Circular, Issue 200, Part 366, Division of Plant Industry, page number not shown, Males of all species have more developed armature of the elytral declivity than females (Figs. S, 6, 8, 9, 11-14).
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noun downward slope
| Español | bajada |
|---|---|
| Français | déclivité |
| Italiano | declivio |
| Ελληνικά | κατωφέρεια katoféreia |
| Română | înclinație mare, caracter abrupt |
| Русский | склон sklon, отко́с otkós |
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