versant
Americannoun
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a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
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the general slope of a country or region.
noun
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rare the side or slope of a mountain or mountain range
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the slope of a region
Etymology
Origin of versant
1850–55; < French, noun use of present participle of verser to turn < Latin versāre, frequentative of vertere to turn; see verse, -ant
Example Sentences
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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.
From Reuters • May 26, 2013
These figures are, of course, only approximately correct; and it often happens that, at the same elevation, the heat is greater on the Pacific than on the Atlantic versant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
On the western versant of the Andes of Ecuador there are three river systems of considerable size—the Mira, the Esmeraldas and the Guayas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
Hyla staufferi does not occur on the Caribbean versant of Costa Rica and Panamá.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
The western versant supplies the gold of Senegambia, the southern that of Ashanti and Wásá.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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