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declivity

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(Inglese)

  1. The downward slope of a curve.
  2. A downward bend in a path.
  3. An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.

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/dɪˈklɪvɪti/
Etimologia (Inglese)

1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās, from dēclivis (“a sloping downward”), from de (“down”) + clīvus (“a slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (English lean).

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