About The Word Descending
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Descending
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What's The Definition Of Descending?Synonyms | Synonyms for Descending: Related Terms | Find terms related to Descending: ascending | axial | back | back-flowing | backward | collapsing | deciduous | declined | declining | declivate | declivitous | declivous | decurrent | descendant | dipping | down | downcoming | downfalling | downgoing | downgrade | downhill | down-reaching | downsinking | down-trending | downward | drifting | drooping | dropping | falling | flowing | fluent | flying | going | gyrational | gyratory | mounting | on the descendant | on the downgrade | passing | plummeting | plunging | progressive | reflowing | refluent | regressive | retrogressive | rising | rotary | rotational | rotatory | running | rushing | sagging | setting | sideward | sinking | soaring | streaming | submerging | subsiding | tottering | tumbledown | up-trending | upward See Also | Descending In Webster's Dictionary \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
{Descending constellations} or {signs} (Astron.), those
through which the planets descent toward the south.
{Descending node} (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
{Descending series} (Math.), a series in which each term is
numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series
arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.
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