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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.

Descending constellations

Descending signs

(Astron.)

those through which the planets descent toward the south.

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Descending node

(Astron.)

that point in a planet’s orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.

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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.

descending

descending ‎(plural descendings)