Declivity

Definition: Declivity

Declivity

Noun

1. A downward slope.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "declivity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Declivity \De*cliv"i*ty\, noun; plural Declivities. [Latin declivitas, from declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill; akin to clinare to incline: compare to French d['e]clivit['e]. See Decline.]. (references)

Synonyms: Declivity

Descent

Declivity, dip, hill.

Obliquity

Acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe; facilis descensus averni.

Crosswords: Declivity

It occupied the plateau of Mont Saint Jean, with the village behind it and in front the declivity, which at that time was steep

Joad speeded his pace against the sun, and he started down the declivity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

tatëpjetë (bevel, decline, descent, dip, down, downhill, downward, downwards, incline, ramp, slant, slope), pjerrësi (cocking, declination, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, knee, pitch, ramp, recliner, scarp, set, shearing, site, slant, slope, splay, talus, tilt, trim), anë (aspect, border, brink, edge, end, flank, hand, hem, jamb, list, Marge, margin, pane, part, partiality, selvage, Selvedge, side, skirt, wall, welt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منحدر (aslope, chute, decline, descending, descent, dipped, downgrade, downhill, downward, inclined, slanted, slope, sloped, sloping, talus), ‏إنحدار (coming down, decline, downgrade, downhill, falling, inclination, rake, ramp, scarp, slope, steep, tilt). (various references)

Bulgarian 

склон (ascent, decline, descent, downhill, drop, flank, hang, hanging, hillside, inclination, incline, pitch, pitching, ramp, side, slant, slope, talus, versant), наклон (batter, bevel, bias, declension, dip, fall, grade, gradient, incidence, inclination, incline, inflection, inflexion, lean, leaning, low-grade, rake, ramp, rise, skew, slant, slope, throw, tilt, versant), нанадолнище (decline, downgrade, inclination, slope down). (various references)

Chinese 

陀 (steep bank). (various references)

Czech

svažování. (various references)

Danish

haeldningsgradient (declivity of hill, gradient of slope), haeldning (angle of inclination, batter, declivity of hill, grade, gradient, gradient of slope, inclination, skew, slope, tilt), faldændring (change in declivity, change in slope). (various references)

Dutch

inclinatie (angle of inclination, declivity of hill, gradient of slope, inclination), hellingverandering (change in declivity, change in slope), hellingshoek (body pitch, canting angle, declivity of hill, gradient of slope, pitch), hellingsgradiënt (declivity of hill, gradient of slope), hellingsgraad (declivity of hill, gradient of slope), helling (acclivity, hillside, slope). (various references)

Farsi 

سرازیری (Bent, Dip, Downhill, Pitch, Slide, Slope, Tilt), شیب (Dip, Gradient, Inclination, Incline, Pendant, Rake, Slant, Slope, Tilt). (various references)

Finnish

viettävyys (slope), rinne (acclivity, descent, hillside, mountainside, slope), kaltevuus (inclination). (various references)

French

déclivité (declivity of hill). (various references)

German

Abhang (acclivity, bank, decline, descent, hillside, incline, scarp, slope). (various references)

Greek 

κατωφέρεια (descent, slope), κατηφοριά (descent, steepness), κατήφορος. (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"רון (gradient, incline, slant, slope), אש�"�" (slope of a mountain, waterfall). (various references)

Hungarian

lanka. (various references)

Indonesian

lereng (cant), kemiringan (slope, steepness), kemencongan. (various references)

Italian

discesa (descent, downhill, drop, fall, slope), declivio. (various references)

Pig Latin

eclivityday.(various references)

Portuguese

declive (abruptness, acclivity, cant, climbdown, declination, declivous, descent, dip, downhill, hang, hillside, incline, lay, ramp, side, slant, slanting, slide, slope, sloping, tilt, weathering), inclinação (addiction, appetite, bent, bias, camber, canting, climbdown, declination, descent, dip, disposal, disposition, downhill, droop, falling, fellow feeling, fondness, inclination, lean, leaning, like, liking, list, lopsidedness, motion, partiality, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ramp, recession, sag, slant, slope, stomach, tendency, tilt, tip, trend, vocation, will). (various references)

Romanian

declivitate (fall, slope), pantã (acclivity, chute, cliff, declension, descent, dip, downhill, fall, glacis, gradient, hade, inclination, incline, ramp, slant, slope, splay, tilt, up), costişã (cliff, slope), caracter abrupt (steepness), înclinaţie mare. (various references)

Russian 

склон (decline, downhill, fall, mountainside, slope). (various references)

Scottish

leathad (declivity hillside, side of a hill, slope). (various references)

Spanish

declividad. (various references)

Swedish

sluttning (cant, decline, descent, dip, downhill, fall, Hill, hillside, incline, pitch, slant, slope). (various references)

Turkish

yamaç (Brae, brow, fall, hillside, shoulder, slope), meyil (affection, aptitude, bias, cant, gradient, gravitation, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, liking, obliquity, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, talus, tendency, tide, tilt, trend), iniş (descent, dip, downgrade, drop, landing, touchdown), bayır (acclivity, ascent, Brae, Foothill, glacis, slope). (various references)

Ukrainian

схил (bevel, chute, declension, decline, descent, down grade, fall, grade, incidence, lean, pitch, shelving, side, skew, slant), укіс (escarpment, mowing), похилість (bias, squint), пологий спуск. (various references)

Vietnamese 

dốc (bias, gradient, ramp, slope, slopewise, sloping, steep, uphill, versant), chiều dốc. (various references)

Welsh

disgynfa (descent), llethr (slope), goriwaered (descent). (various references)

fastigio, fastigium. (various references)

Misspellings

"Declivity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: declevity, declivitu, ecclivity. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: citied, delict, deltic, elicit, levity, tidily.

-4 letters: cited, civet, civie, civil, deity, devil, dicey, dicty, edict, evict, icily, ivied, licit, lived, livid, lytic, teiid, telic, tilde, tiled, veldt, viced, yield.

-5 letters: cedi, ceil, celt, cite, city, clit, deil, deli, delt, dice, diel, diet, dite, dive, edit, etic, evil, iced, idle, idly, idyl, levy.

+2 letters: inductively.

+3 letters: indicatively, predictively, veridicality, vindictively.

+4 letters: descriptively, disjunctively, distinctively, predicatively, radioactively.