Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A declivity; a gradient.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.

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  • noun inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient

Etymologies

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Latin clivus ("hill").

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  • Gradient or clivity, denotes the proportionate ascent or descent of the several

    planes on a rail-road...

    --H. S. Tanner, 1840, A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States, p. 249

    May 3, 2008