Associations to the word «Acclivity»

Wiktionary

ACCLIVITY, noun. (geomorphology) 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.

Dictionary definition

ACCLIVITY, noun. An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche