acclivity

English

Etymology

First attested in 1614.
From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə.ˈklɪv.ə.ti/

Noun

acclivity (plural acclivities)

(geomorphology) 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.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
  Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.

Translations

slope or inclination considered as "ascending"

Finnish: ylämäki (fi), nousu (fi)
Portuguese: aclividade f

Swedish: sluttning (sv), stigning (sv), stigning (sv)

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