Descending
/dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A descent.
"continual ascendings and descendings"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of descend form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Moving or sloping downwards. not-comparable
- 2 Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence) not-comparable
"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); Causing a sequence to follow a descending order. not-comparable
"We used a descending sort."
- 4 Becoming lower in pitch. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 coming down or downward wordnet
Example
More examples"So when their screams descending fill the strand, / Misenus from his outlook sounds the fray."
Etymology
From descend + -ing.