acclivity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acclivity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acclivity n an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" Synonym(s): ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade Antonym(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acclivity \Accliv"ity\, 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.