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Meanings of declivity in English

Catalan
baixant
Spanish
declive

A downward slope or bend.

    baixant
    Usage of declivity in English
    1
    The declivity marks the end of the precipitous gorge of the Niagara.
    Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
    2
    Below him was a gentle declivity ending to the south in darkness.
    The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
    3
    The declivity, where the gaze shooteth DOWNWARDS, and the hand graspeth UPWARDS.
    Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
    4
    He looked at the others, and they looked at the white declivity.
    The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
    5
    I was working on the declivity which led to the Val d'Etretat.
    A Selection from the Writings of Guy De Maupassant, Vol. I
    6
    On either side tall houses, the declivity ending only at the water.
    Miss Caprice
    7
    A slight declivity ended in an uneven bottom, at fifteen fathoms depth.
    Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
    8
    As it was, she came near rolling over the declivity after all.
    Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
    9
    Nell strode across the grass until she had reached a small declivity.
    The Diamond Age
    10
    The hills, though of great declivity, have a sward to their tops.
    Handbook to the new Gold-fields
    11
    The passage through this 'sixteen miles' declivity of boiling waters' is exciting.
    Canada and the States
    12
    The remainder of their infantry they stationed on the declivity of the hill.
    The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
    13
    The taut rope writhed fifty feet out from the top of the declivity.
    The Perils of Pauline
    14
    Before you lies the declivity of the hill upon which the village stands.
    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 / A Maga...
    15
    On the declivity of the hill a few white patches indicated the cemetery.
    The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
    16
    We descended to the lower enclosure at the foot of the slight declivity.
    Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 / Italy, Sicily, and...
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