Declivity

Quick meaning: Declivity is a noun meaning (geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.

Meaning

(geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.

More Meanings

1. A downward bend in a path.
2. (entomology) 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.

Example Sentences

Propodeum in profile with upper lobe of declivity elongate and narrow, subspiniform, almost as long as lower lobe.

[…]a line was measured down the hill on the right of 420, and the angle of declivity is 23°, which shortens the line 33 links;[…].

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 rocky cliff appeared, mounds of turned–up earth by the shore, houses on a hill, others with iron roofs, amongst a waste of excavations, or hanging to the declivity.

Word Forms

• declivities

Synonyms for declivity

Depending on context, synonyms include decline, fall, descent, downslope.

Antonyms for declivity

Common opposites include rise, raise, upgrade, ascent, climb, acclivity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include downslope, descent, decline, fall, downcurve, pitch.

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