Declivity

[dɪ'klɪvɪtɪ] or [dɪ'klɪvəti]

解釋/意思:

(n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

(n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.

整理:莱斯利

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Slope (downwards), descent.

艾琳校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Descent, fall, slope, incline, devexity

ANT:Ascent, rise, verticality

錄入:梅利特

解釋/意思:

n. a place that declines or slopes downward opposite of acclivity: inclination downward: a gradual descent.—adjs. Decliv′itous Declī′vous.

編輯:耶鲁