ACCLIVITY, the Steepness, or Slope of a Line or Plane inclined to the Horizon; reckoned upwards. See INCLINED PLANE.
The Ascent of a Hill is an Acclivity; the Descent of the same a Declivity. See DECLIVITY.
Some Writers of Fortification use Acclivity for Talus.See TALUS.
The word is compounded of the Latin ad and clivus, Hill, Eminence.
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