Noun:

கீழ்நோக்கிய சரிவு,

declivity's Usage Examples:

Our columns ought to have begun to appear on an open declivity to his right.

declivity of these mountains confronts the Zanzibar coast, but the western slopes are merely inclined planes.

The Dionysiac theatre, situated beneath the south side of the Acropolis, was partly hollowed out from its declivity.

The gentle declivity of the surface and the porous character of the prevailing sandstone formation render the drainage excellent.

), the seat of the famous council; the name (see also Areopagus) has been connected with Ares, whose temple stood on the northern side of the hill, but is more probably derived from the `Apai or Eumenides, whose sanctuary was formed by a cleft in its northeastern declivity.

gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step), advancing or taking place by degrees or step by step; hence used of a slow progress or a gentle declivity or slope, opposed to steep or precipitous.

By this method the slopes are indicated by strokes or hachures crossing the contour lines at right angles, in the direction of flowing water, and varying in thickness according to the degree of declivity they represent (cf.

It lies on the declivity of a hill near the junction of the Ise with the Nene, in a pleasant well-wooded district.

A better idea of this region is conveyed by the native name Altos, or highlands, although that term includes the northern declivity of the Sierra Madre.

Below the north-east declivity of this range lies Georgia, on the other side of which province rises the Caucasus, the boundary of Asia and Europe between the Caspian and Black Seas, the highest points of which reach an elevation of nearly 19,000 ft.

Few towns of any importance are found either on their northern or southern declivity, and the former region especially, though occupying a tract of from 30 to 40 m.

Synonyms:

fall, decline, descent, downhill, declension, side, declination, downslope, incline, steep, slope,

Antonyms:

abruptness, gradualness, descent, natural depression, ascent,