| slovo | definícia |
descend
(mass) | descend
- klesnúť, zostúpiť |
descend
(encz) | descend,klesání n: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,klesat v: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,klesnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,potomek n: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,sestoupit v: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,sestup n: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,sestupovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
descend
(encz) | descend,spouštět |
descend
(encz) | descend,spustit se |
Descend
(gcide) | Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Descending.] [F. descendre, L. descendere,
descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards;
to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing,
walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; --
the opposite of ascend.
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The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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We will here descend to matters of later date.
--Fuller.
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2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]
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[He] with holiest meditations fed,
Into himself descended. --Milton.
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3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage
ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or
upon.
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And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope.
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4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less
virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase
one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
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5. To pass from the more general or important to the
particular or less important matters to be considered.
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6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be
derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to
fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend
from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
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7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone.
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Descend
(gcide) | Descend \De*scend"\, v. t.
To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower
part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a
ladder.
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But never tears his cheek descended. --Byron.
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descend
(wn) | descend
v 1: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
"The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is
falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up
and then fell again" [syn: descend, fall, go down,
come down] [ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up,
lift, move up, rise, uprise]
2: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for
example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble
family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive,
come, descend]
3: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, deign, descend]
4: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn:
fall, descend, settle] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
descendant
(mass) | descendant
- potomok |
descended
(mass) | descended
- potomok |
descendent
(mass) | descendent
- nasledovník, potomok |
descending
(mass) | descending
- zostupný, zostupujúci |
condescend
(encz) | condescend,chovat se povýšeně Zdeněk Brožcondescend,povyšovat se Robert Svobodacondescend,ráčit v: Zdeněk Brožcondescend,snížit se v: slady |
condescending
(encz) | condescending,blahosklonný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
condescendingly
(encz) | condescendingly,blahosklonně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
condescendingness
(encz) | condescendingness, n: |
descendant
(encz) | descendant,descendent n: [astr.] bod protínání obzoru na západě Ivan
Masárdescendant,následovník n: v pokrevné linii Zdeněk Broždescendant,potomek n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
descendants
(encz) | descendants,potomci n: pl. Zdeněk Broždescendants,potomstvo n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
descended
(encz) | descended,potomek n: Zdeněk Brož |
descendent
(encz) | descendent,potomek n: Zdeněk Brož |
descender
(encz) | descender,písmeno se spodním dotahem Zdeněk Brož |
descending
(encz) | descending,sestupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
descending aorta
(encz) | descending aorta, n: |
descending colon
(encz) | descending colon, n: |
descending node
(encz) | descending node, n: |
descends
(encz) | descends,klesá v: Zdeněk Broždescends,sestupuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
undescended
(encz) | undescended, adj: |
undescended testicle
(encz) | undescended testicle, n: |
undescended testis
(encz) | undescended testis, n: |
descendent
(czen) | descendent,descendantn: [astr.] bod protínání obzoru na západě Ivan
Masár |
Condescend
(gcide) | Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended;
p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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Condescended
(gcide) | Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended;
p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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Condescendence
(gcide) | Condescendence \Con`de*scend"ence\, Condescendency
\Con`de*scend"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.]
Condescension. [Obs.]
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Condescendency
(gcide) | Condescendence \Con`de*scend"ence\, Condescendency
\Con`de*scend"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. condescendance.]
Condescension. [Obs.]
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condescending
(gcide) | condescending \condescending\ adj.
exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used
of behavior or attitude.
Syn: arch, patronizing.
[WordNet 1.5]Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended;
p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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Condescending
(gcide) | condescending \condescending\ adj.
exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used
of behavior or attitude.
Syn: arch, patronizing.
[WordNet 1.5]Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended;
p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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Condescendingly
(gcide) | Condescendingly \Con`de*scend"ing*ly\, adv.
In a condescending manner. --Atterbury.
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Descend
(gcide) | Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Descending.] [F. descendre, L. descendere,
descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards;
to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing,
walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; --
the opposite of ascend.
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The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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We will here descend to matters of later date.
--Fuller.
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2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]
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[He] with holiest meditations fed,
Into himself descended. --Milton.
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3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage
ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or
upon.
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And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope.
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4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less
virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase
one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
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5. To pass from the more general or important to the
particular or less important matters to be considered.
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6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be
derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to
fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend
from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
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7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone.
[1913 Webster]Descend \De*scend"\, v. t.
To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower
part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a
ladder.
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But never tears his cheek descended. --Byron.
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Descendant
(gcide) | Descendant \De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. Descendent.]
Descendent.
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One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; --
correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
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Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale.
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The descendant of so many kings and emperors. --Burke.
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descendants
(gcide) | descendants \descendants\ n.
all of the offspring of a given progenitor.
Syn: posterity.
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Descended
(gcide) | Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Descending.] [F. descendre, L. descendere,
descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards;
to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing,
walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; --
the opposite of ascend.
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The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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We will here descend to matters of later date.
--Fuller.
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2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]
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[He] with holiest meditations fed,
Into himself descended. --Milton.
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3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage
ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or
upon.
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And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope.
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4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less
virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase
one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
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5. To pass from the more general or important to the
particular or less important matters to be considered.
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6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be
derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to
fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend
from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
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7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone.
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Descendent
(gcide) | Descendent \De*scend"ent\, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of
descendre. Cf. Descendant.]
Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
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More than mortal grace
Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. --Pope.
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Descender
(gcide) | Descender \De*scend"er\, n.
One who descends.
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Descendibility
(gcide) | Descendibility \De*scend`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being descendible; capability of being
transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an
estate.
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Descendible
(gcide) | Descendible \De*scend"i*ble\, a.
1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
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2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. "A
descendant estate." --Sir W. Jones.
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Descending
(gcide) | Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.),
those through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
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.
[1913 Webster]Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Descending.] [F. descendre, L. descendere,
descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards;
to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing,
walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; --
the opposite of ascend.
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The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt.
vii. 25.
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We will here descend to matters of later date.
--Fuller.
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2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]
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[He] with holiest meditations fed,
Into himself descended. --Milton.
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3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage
ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or
upon.
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And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope.
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4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less
virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase
one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
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5. To pass from the more general or important to the
particular or less important matters to be considered.
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6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be
derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to
fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend
from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
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7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
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8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower
tone.
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Descending constellations
(gcide) | Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.),
those through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
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.
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Descending node
(gcide) | Node \Node\ (n[=o]d), n. [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf.
Noose, Nowed.]
1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
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2. Specifically:
(a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a
planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the
orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit
of its primary.
(b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf
or several leaves are inserted.
(c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through
which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of
the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his
place in the ecliptic, etc.
(d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself,
being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and
Acnode.
(e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular
machine meet from different angular directions; --
called also knot. --W. R. Johnson.
(f) (Poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
(g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms
upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or
syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the
neighborhood of a joint. --Dunglison.
(h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string,
when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the
harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
(i) (Zool.) A swelling.
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3. (Math., Computers) A special point in a graph or diagram
which is attached to other points by links. It is often
labeled and represented graphically as a box or circle. A
node may represent any object which is related to other
objects in a conceptual structure that can be represented
as a graph, the relations being represented as links
between the nodes.
[PJC]
4. (Anat.) A small mass of tissue differing from other tissue
in its immediate vicinity; as, a lymph node.
[PJC]
Ascending node (Astron.), the node at which the body is
passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending],
called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node.
Descending node, the node at which the body is moving
southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's
tail.
Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an
orbit.
[1913 Webster]Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.),
those through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
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.
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Descending series
(gcide) | Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.),
those through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
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.
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Descending signs
(gcide) | Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.),
those through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
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.
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Descendingly
(gcide) | Descendingly \De*scend"ing*ly\, adv.
In a descending manner.
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Redescend
(gcide) | Redescend \Re`de*scend"\ (-s?nd"), v. i. [Pref. re- + descend:
cf. F. redescendre.]
To descend again. --Howell.
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Reduction descending
(gcide) | Reduction \Re*duc"tion\ (r[-e]*d[u^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
r['e]duction, L. reductio. See Reduce.]
1. The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion
to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as,
the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things
to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the
reduction of a rebellious province.
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2. (Arith. & Alg.) The act or process of reducing. See
Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, {To
reduce an expression}, under Reduce, v. t.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) The correction of observations for known errors of
instruments, etc.
(b) The preparation of the facts and measurements of
observations in order to deduce a general result.
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4. The process of making a copy of something, as a figure,
design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the
proper proportions. --Fairholt.
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5. (Logic) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the
so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
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6. (Chem. & Metal.) The act, process, or result of
reducing[7]; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the
reduction of an aldehyde into an alcohol.
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7. (Med.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or
fractured part to its former place.
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Reduction ascending (Arith.), the operation of changing
numbers of a lower into others of a higher denomination,
as cents to dollars.
Reduction descending (Arith.), the operation of changing
numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination,
as dollars to cents.
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Syn: Diminution; decrease; abatement; curtailment;
subjugation; conquest; subjection.
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Undescendible
(gcide) | Undescendible \Undescendible\
See descendible. |
condescend
(wn) | condescend
v 1: behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
2: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, deign, descend]
3: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or
dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's
mail" [syn: condescend, stoop, lower oneself]
4: treat condescendingly [syn: patronize, patronise,
condescend] |
condescending
(wn) | condescending
adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
who treat others with condescension [syn: arch,
condescending, patronizing, patronising] |
condescendingly
(wn) | condescendingly
adv 1: with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats
his secretary condescendingly" [syn: condescendingly,
patronizingly, patronisingly] |
condescendingness
(wn) | condescendingness
n 1: affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for
differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension
was intended to make us feel comfortable" [syn:
condescension, condescendingness] |
descendant
(wn) | descendant
adj 1: going or coming down [syn: descendant, descendent]
2: proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
[syn: descendant, descendent]
n 1: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
[syn: descendant, descendent] [ant: ancestor,
antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root] |
descendants
(wn) | descendants
n 1: all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure
the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"
[syn: descendants, posterity] |
descendent
(wn) | descendent
adj 1: going or coming down [syn: descendant, descendent]
2: proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"
[syn: descendant, descendent]
n 1: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
[syn: descendant, descendent] [ant: ancestor,
antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root] |
descender
(wn) | descender
n 1: someone who descends
2: a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other
lowercase letters
3: (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below
the other lowercase letters |
descending
(wn) | descending
adj 1: coming down or downward [ant: ascending(a)] |
descending aorta
(wn) | descending aorta
n 1: the descending part of the aorta that branches into the
thoracic and abdominal aortae |
descending colon
(wn) | descending colon
n 1: the part of the large intestine that descends from the
transverse colon to the sigmoid colon |
descending node
(wn) | descending node
n 1: the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane
going south [ant: ascending node] |
undescended
(wn) | undescended
adj 1: (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of
descending into the scrotum |
undescended testicle
(wn) | undescended testicle
n 1: a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male
fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased
risk for cancer" [syn: undescended testis, {undescended
testicle}] |
undescended testis
(wn) | undescended testis
n 1: a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male
fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased
risk for cancer" [syn: undescended testis, {undescended
testicle}] |
descender
(foldoc) | descender
A lowercase letter that extends below the base line,
such as "g", "j", or "p". Also used to denote the part of the
letter extending below the base line. Compare ascender.
(1998-03-27)
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DESCENDANTS
(bouvier) | DESCENDANTS. Those who have issued from an individual, and include his
children, grandchildren, and their children to the remotest degree. Ambl.
327 2 Bro. C. C. 30; Id. 230 3 Bro. C. C. 367; 1 Rop. Leg. 115; 2 Bouv. n.
1956.
2. The descendants form what is called the direct descending line. Vide
Line. The term is opposed to that of ascendants. (q.v.)
3. There is a difference between the number of ascendants and
descendants which a man may have every one his the same order of ascendants,
though they may not be exactly alike as to numbers, because some may be
descended from a common ancestor. In the line of descendants they fork
differently, according to the number of children and continue longer or
shorter as generations continue or cease to exist. Many families become
extinct, while others continue; the line of descendants is therefore
diversified in each family.
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DESCENDER
(bouvier) | DESCENDER. In the descent; as formed on in the descender. Bac. Ab. Formedon,
A 1. Vide Formedon.
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