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Vinony

descending

noun

  1. to come down, lower oneself, or arrive, lowering
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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English descend English -ing English descending From descend + -ing.

  1. Moving or sloping downwards.
  2. Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

    “Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.”

  3. Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

    “We used a descending sort.”

  4. Becoming lower in pitch.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English descend English -ing English descending From descend + -ing.

  1. A descent.

    “continual ascendings and descendings”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English descend English -ing English descending From descend + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of descend