descending
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Etymology edit
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Verb edit
descending
- present participle and gerund of descend
Adjective edit
descending (not comparable)
- Moving or sloping downwards.
- 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.
- (computing) Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.
- We used a descending sort.
- (music) Becoming lower in pitch.
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ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element
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causing a sequence to follow an descending order
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Noun edit
descending (plural descendings)
- A descent.
- continual ascendings and descendings
References edit
- “descending”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “descending”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.