declivity

Etymology
1610s, from, from , , from, from + , from , from  (English ).

Noun

 * 1)  The downward slope of a curve.
 * 2) * 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:.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) A downward bend in a path.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) * 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).
 * 1) A downward bend in a path.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) * 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).
 * Males of all species have more developed armature of the elytral declivity than females (Figs. S, 6, 8, 9, 11-14).

Related terms

 * ; acclivity

Translations

 * Bulgarian: наклон надолу
 * Esperanto: deklivo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: declivio
 * Kikuyu: mũikũrũko
 * Romanian: înclinație mare, caracter abrupt
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tibetan: ཐུར་གསེག
 * Venetian: còsta


 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: declivio


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