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descent - a downward slope or bend |
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declivity,
fall,
decline,
declination,
declension,
downslope |
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acclivity,
ascent,
climb,
raise,
upgrade,
rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
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incline,
slope,
side an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
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downhill a ski race down a trail
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steep a steep place (as on a hill)
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descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction |
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move,
motion,
movement the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
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parachuting,
jump the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
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nose dive,
nosedive,
dive a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; "the stock took a nosedive"
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abseil,
rappel (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
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swoop a swift descent through the air
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crash dive a rapid descent by a submarine
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drop the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"
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collapse,
flop a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"
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descent - a movement downward |
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change of location,
travel a movement through space that changes the location of something
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drop,
fall the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"
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lightening descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
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set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"
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cascade,
shower a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
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sinking a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"
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slide the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
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descent - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors |
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lineage,
filiation |
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family relationship,
kinship,
relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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bilateral descent line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
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unilateral descent line of descent traced through one side of the family
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