acclivity
noun/əˈklɪv.ə.ti/
Etymology First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”).
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Geography, Geology, Geomorphology, Natural sciences 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.
- how gaily vineyards and olives alternately chequer the acclivities1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian:
- she would walk […] as far as to the point where the acclivity from the valley began its first steep ascent to the outer world.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
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- Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC: