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Acclivities
Acclivity Ac*cliv"i*ty, n.; pl. Acclivities. [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.] 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.
Acclivitous
Acclivitous Ac*cliv"i*tous, a. Acclivous. --I. Taylor.
Acclivity
Acclivity Ac*cliv"i*ty, n.; pl. Acclivities. [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean.] 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.
Clivicola riparia
Bank Bank (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki. See Bench.] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx. 15. 2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. 3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak. 4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. 5. (Mining) (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank. Bank beaver (Zo["o]l.), the otter. [Local, U.S.] Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow (Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.
Clivities
Clivity Cliv"i*ty, n.; pl. Clivities. [L. clivus hill.] Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. [R.]
Clivity
Clivity Cliv"i*ty, n.; pl. Clivities. [L. clivus hill.] Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. [R.]
Declivitous
Declivitous De*cliv"i*tous, Declivous De*cli"vous, a. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

Meaning of Clivi from wikipedia

- Clivis ("by slope") Two notes descending Podatus or Pes ("foot") Two notes ascending...
- a856e5b5-0f87-4e17-b07b-4fe80f7e845f Open Tree of Life: 512515 PLANTS: CLIVI POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1408-1 Tropicos: 40010537 WFO: wfo-4000008647...
- limes Limi or Limones (plural), guardian spirits (curatores) of Rome's clivi (slopes, streets) Locutius BCh Lucina BCh Lucrii (plural) Manturna, a conjugal...
- daughter of Andrea Bocelli. Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate; va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli, ove olezzano tepide e molli l'aure dolci del suolo natal! Del...
- white notation periodically made use of ligatures, a holdover from the clivis and porrectus neumes used in chant. Around 1600 the modern notational system...
- nasal aperture (nose hole). It is also one of the longest early hominin clivi discovered at 32 mm (1.3 in). The nasal aperture (nose hole) is narrow compared...
- ligature shapes, those inherited from plainchant, namely the descending clivis () and the ascending podatus (). Likewise, three-note groups of B–B–L could...
- Diocese of Lomas de Zamora Dioecesis Clivi Zamorensis Diócesis de Lomas de Zamora Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Paz Location Country Argentina...
- (1985) Novello & Co. Ltd. Moisès Bertran (b. 1967) Sonatina líquida (2006) Clivis Publicacions Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934) Dinah and Nick's Love Song (1994)...
- Wayback Machine, accessed on 2009-10-16. Música de tota mena. Barcelona, ed. Clivis, 1982. ISBN 84-85927-04-4. Personal papers of Manuel Valls i Gorina in the...