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\De*scen"sion\, n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See {Descent}.] The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation. {Oblique descension} (Astron.), the degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the horizon of an oblique sphere. {Right descension}, the degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.]

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