Descending

Verb

Definitions

1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of descend

2.AdjectiveMoving or sloping downwards.

3.AdjectiveOrdered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element.

"Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.; We used a descending sort."

4.AdjectiveCausing a sequence to follow a descending order.

"We used a descending sort."

5.AdjectiveBecoming lower in pitch.

6.NounA descent.

"continual ascendings and descendings"

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