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The downward slope of a curve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1780, Theodore Augustine Mann, A Treatise on Rivers and Canals, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 69: For the Year 1779, Part II, 582, The velocity of flowing waters is very far from being in proportion to the quantity of declivity in their bed: [...] .
- 1908 [Charles Griffin & Company], John Harvard Biles, The Design and Construction of Ships, Volume I: Calculations and Strength, 2009, Europāischer Hochschulverlag (Salzwasser-Verlag), page 216, The declivity of the keel blocks varies slightly with the size of the vessel. The larger the vessel, the less the declivity.
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A downward bend in a path.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 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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a downward slope or bend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: descent, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
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Broader terms: slope, incline, side
Narrower terms: downhill, steep
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).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
наклон надолу
(naklon nadolu)
— downward slope
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Catalan:
declivi
— downward slope
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Esperanto:
deklivo
— downward slope
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Finnish:
alamäki
— downward slope
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Finnish:
lasku
— downward slope
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French:
déclivité
— downward slope
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Galician:
baixada
— downward slope
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Greek:
κατωφέρεια
(katoféreia)
— downward slope
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Italian:
declivio
— downward slope
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Kikuyu:
mũikũrũko
— downward slope
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Romanian:
înclinație mare
— downward slope
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Romanian:
caracter abrupt
— downward slope
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Russian:
склон
(sklon)
— downward slope
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Russian:
отко́с
(otkós)
— downward slope
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Spanish:
bajada
— downward slope
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Spanish:
declive
— downward slope
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Spanish:
declividad
— downward slope
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Tibetan:
ཐུར་གསེག
(thur gseg)
— downward slope
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Venetan:
còsta
— downward slope
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Catalan:
baixada
— downward bend in a path
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Catalan:
declivi
— downward bend in a path
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Finnish:
alamäki
— downward bend in a path
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Finnish:
lasku
— downward bend in a path
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Galician:
baixada
— downward bend in a path
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Greek:
κατηφόρα
(katifóra)
— downward bend in a path
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Italian:
declivio
— downward bend in a path
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Spanish:
bajada
— downward bend in a path
