English-Thai Dictionary
declivity
N ทาง ลาดเอียง tang-lad-iang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DECLIVITY
n.[L. sloping. ] Declination from a horizontal line; descent of land; inclination downward; a slope; a gradual descent of the earth, of a rock or other thing: chiefly used of the earth, and opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, and considered as ascending, an acclivity.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DECLIVITY
De *cliv "i *ty, n.; pl. Declivities. Etym: [L. declivitas, fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill; akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. déclivité. See Decline. ]
1. 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.
2. A descending surface; a sloping place. Commodious declivities and channels for the passage of the waters. Derham.
New American Oxford Dictionary
declivity
de cliv i ty |diˈklivitē dəˈklɪvədi | ▶noun ( pl. declivities ) a downward slope: a thickly wooded declivity. DERIVATIVES de cliv i tous |-təs |adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin declivitas, from declivis ‘sloping down, ’ from de- ‘down ’ + clivus ‘a slope. ’
Oxford Dictionary
declivity
declivity |dɪˈklɪvɪti | ▶noun ( pl. declivities ) formal a downward slope: a thickly wooded declivity. DERIVATIVES declivitous adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin declivitas, from declivis ‘sloping down ’, from de- ‘down ’ + clivus ‘a slope ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
declivity
de cliv i ty /dɪklɪ́vəti /名詞 複 -ties C ｟書 ｠下り坂 .
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