| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: clivity, -clivity- |
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| | | | | | proclivity | (n) a natural inclination, Syn. leaning, propensity | | ascent | (n) an upward slope or grade (as in a road), Syn. upgrade, acclivity, rise, climb, raise, Ant. descent | | descent | (n) a downward slope or bend, Syn. downslope, fall, declivity, decline, declination, declension, Ant. ascent |
| | Acclivity | n.; pl. Acclivities [ L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean. ] A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Clivity | n.; pl. Clivities [ L. clivus hill. ] Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Declivity | n.; pl. Declivities [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A descending surface; a sloping place. [ 1913 Webster ] Commodious declivities and channels for the passage of the waters. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Proclivity | n. [ L. proclivitas: cf. F. proclivité. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. “A proclivity to steal.” Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Readiness; facility; aptitude. [ 1913 Webster ] He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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