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Descendant

Adjective

Definitionen

1.AdjectiveDescending; going down.
"The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory."
2.AdjectiveDescending from a biological ancestor.
"Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner."
3.AdjectiveProceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
4.NounOne of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
"The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild."
5.NounA thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
"This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants."
6.NounA later evolutionary type.
"Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves."
7.NounA language that is descended from another.
"English and Scots are the descendants of Old English."
8.NounA word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
9.NounThe intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
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