declivity

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The downward slope of a curve.

   “The Declivity was ſo ſmall, that I walked near a mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectur'd was about eight a-clock in the Evening.”

2. isim A downward bend in a path.
3. isim 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.

   “1979, Entomology Circular, Issue 200, Part 366, Division of Plant Industry, page number not shown, Males of all species have more developed armature of the elytral declivity than females (Figs. S, 6, 8, 9, 11-14).”