What does acclivity mean?
Definitions for acclivity
əˈklɪv ɪ tiac·cliv·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgradenoun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
Wiktionary
acclivitynoun
A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
Etymology: * First attested in 1614.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Acclivitynoun
The steepness or slope of a line inclining to the horizon, reckoned upwards; as, the ascent of an hill is the acclivity, the descent is the declivity. John Quincy
Etymology: from acclivus, Lat.
The men, leaving their wives and younger children below, do, not without some difficulty, clamber up the acclivities, dragging their kine with them, where they feed them, and milk them, and make butter and cheese, and do all the dairy-work. John Ray, on the Creation.
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acclivity
Acclivity refers to an upward slope or incline of a hill, terrain, or road. It is generally used in the context of geographical and physical features. The opposite of acclivity is declivity, which refers to a downward slope.
Webster Dictionary
Acclivitynoun
a slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent
Etymology: [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Acclivity
ak-kliv′i-ti, n. a slope upwards—opp. to Declivity, a slope downwards.—adj. Acclī′vous, rising as an acclivity—also Accliv′itous. [L. ad, to, clivus, a slope.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
acclivity
The upward slope of an inclined cliff.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of acclivity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of acclivity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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