Declivity

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  • noun. A downward slope, as of a hill.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A downward slope.
  • noun. In entomology, a part gently sloping away from the general plane of a surface.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A descending surface; a sloping place.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the downward slope of a hill
  • noun. a downward bend in a path
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  • noun. a downward slope or bend