From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
right
*** Etymology
[en] 1610s, from [en], from [en], [la], from [la], from [la] + [la], from
[en], from [en] (English [en]).[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] The downward slope of a curve.
2. * [part=I]
3. * 1780 , Theodore Augustine Mann, _A Treatise on Rivers and Canals_ , _Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London_ , Volume 69: For the Year 1779, Part II, 582 (see https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2MNeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP290&dq=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifxdO2vMXaAhWBhJAKHX58AqEQ6AEITjAI#v=onepage&q=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&f=falsepage) ,
4. *: The velocity of flowing waters is very far from being in proportion to the quantity of DECLIVITY in their bed: [...] .
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1809 | author=Alexander Cumming | title=Observations on the Very Important and Contrary Effects which Carriage Wheels, with Rims of Cylindrical, and of Conical Shape, Have on the Roads | pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9BVdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifxdO2vMXaAhWBhJAKHX58AqEQ6AEIcTAO#v=onepage&q=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&f=false | page=30
|passage=[...]whoever takes the trouble of observing how the water runs
longitudinally in the ruts on a convex road, although the DECLIVITY down the
sides be incomparably greater than in the direction which it is compelled to
take in the ruts, will soon see the propriety of constructing roads so as to
have the water rim length-ways upon them, instead of attempting to gain a
DECLIVITY, by making it run from the middle to the sides.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1812 | author=w:John Ainslie | title=Comprehensive Treatise on Land Surveying | pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HEwOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA117&dq=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifxdO2vMXaAhWBhJAKHX58AqEQ6AEIQzAG#v=onepage&q=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&f=false | page=117
|passage=[...]a line was measured down the hill on the right of 420, and the
angle of DECLIVITY is 23°, which shortens the line 33 links;[...].}}
1. * [part=I]
2. * 1908 [ Charles Griffin & Company ] , John Harvard Biles, _The Design and Construction of Ships, Volume I: Calculations and Strength_ , 2009, Europāischer Hochschulverlag (Salzwasser-Verlag), page 216 (see https://books.google.com.au/books?id=t72MWkZ8MqEC&pg=PA216&dq=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifxdO2vMXaAhWBhJAKHX58AqEQ6AEIywEwIQ#v=onepage&q=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&f=false) ,
3. *: The DECLIVITY of the keel blocks varies slightly with the size of the vessel. The larger the vessel, the less the DECLIVITY .
4. * [en]
5. A downward bend in a path .
6. [en] An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect , such as between body segment s; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.
7. * 1979 , _Entomology Circular_ , Issue 200, Part 366, Division of Plant Industry, page number not shown (see https://books.google.com.au/books?id=mPNMAAAAYAAJ&q=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&dq=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifxdO2vMXaAhWBhJAKHX58AqEQ6AEIdzAP) ,
8. *: Males of all species have more developed armature of the elytral DECLIVITY than females (Figs. S, 6, 8, 9, 11-14).
9. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2000 | author=Barry Bolton | title=The Ant Tribe Dacetini | volume=65 | issue=2 | journal=American Entomological Institute | pageurl=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=paMOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&dq=%22declivity%22%7C%22declivities%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifxdO2vMXaAhWBhJAKHX58AqEQ6AEI0AEwIg | page=500
|passage=Propodeum in profile with upper lobe of DECLIVITY elongate and
narrow, subspiniform, almost as long as lower lobe.}}
**** Related terms
- [en] ; acclivity
**** Translations
[downward slope]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Venetan: [vec]
[trans-bottom]
[downward bend in a path]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[inward curve of an exoskeleton] [trans-bottom]
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- Esperanto: [eo]
[trans-bottom]
*** See also
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [declivity]