Definitions for: Acclivity


[n] an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make the grade"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ac*cliv"i*ty, n.; pl. Acclivities. [L. acclivitas,
fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope,
fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.]
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.

Synonyms: ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

Antonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall

See Also: incline, side, slope, uphill

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