acclivity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
    upgrade; raise; rise; climb; ascent.
    • the car couldn't make it up the rise

WordNet

Ac*cliv"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.
Wordforms
plural Acclivities
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913