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# declivity

noun (plural declivities)

«declivity» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A declivity is a slope going down, a downward slant of the ground, such as a hill or a bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declivity/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales, heroes come to the edge of a declivity and see a lake below

### Examples

- They climbed down the steep declivity to the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declivity/#x1)
- The road ran along the declivity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declivity/#x2)
- The sheep ran down the declivity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declivity/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «declivity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/declivity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«declivity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/declivity.html) on Mova free.