- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
- derive: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
- condescend: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- fall: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
- descending(a): coming down or downward
- (descent) a movement downward
- (Descending (Psychic TV album)) Descending is a live album by Psychic TV. The album was recorded live in Rouen, France at the "Exo 7" on June 01, 1984. Initial copies came with an oversized booklet. Later copies came in a jewel-case with standard booklet and were limited to 5000 numbered copies.
- (Descent (aircraft)) A descent during air travel is any portion where an aircraft decreases altitude, and is the opposite of an ascent or climb. Descents are an essential component of an approach to landing. ...
- (Descent (category theory)) In mathematics, the idea of descent has come to stand for a very general idea, extending the intuitive idea of 'gluing' in topology. ...
- (Descent (Dead Zone)) The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone. The series debuted on June 16, 2002.
- (Descent (film)) Descent is a 2007 American thriller film directed by Talia Lugacy and starring Rosario Dawson and Chad Faust.
- (Descent (font)) In typography, a typeface is a set of one or more fonts, in one or more sizes, designed with stylistic unity, each comprising a coordinated set of glyphs. ...
- To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; To enter mentally; to retire. ...
- (descension) Descent; the act of descending. [from 15th c.]; The descent below the horizon of a celestial body. [16th-19th c.]
- (descent) An instance of descending; A way down; A sloping passage or incline; Lineage or hereditary derivation; A drop to a lower status or condition
- (Descending) Running down the stalk; used in reference to gills or pores.
- (descending) a melodic line that goes downward in pitch. Related terms: arch, ascending.
- (Descending) Away from the cerebral cortex (in the context of CNS pathways)
- (Descending) Planets appear to be descending between the tenth house cusp via the descendant and that of the fourth, when they begin to ascend. Descending planets are considered weaker than ascending ones.
- (Descending) improve your safety, efficiency and confidence to fly down hill
- (Descending) to arrange alphabetically--Z to A (WORDS/TEXT) or to arrange numerically--Largest to Smallest (NUMBERS
- (descending) a sort in which the values of items decreases.
- (descending) when the disc lines the upper tubular part of the hypanthium, or slopes downwards towards the valves
- (descent) Acquisition of property through inheritance laws when there is no will (when a person dies intestate).
- (DESCENT) Succession to ownership of an estate by inheritance. Title by which one person, upon death of another, acquires real estate of the latter as an heir at law. The person who inherits is controlled by state statutes.