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descendant

adj
/dɪˈsɛndənt/CA/dɪˈsendənt/

Etymology

From Middle English dessendaunte, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin dēscendēns, present participle of descendere, from dē + scandere (“to climb, ascend”).

  1. derived from dēscendēns
  2. inherited from dessendaunte

Definitions

  1. Descending

    Descending; going down.

    • The elevator resumed its descendant trajectory.
    • Eagle descendant, or descending. See DESCENDANT, and Pl. 22, fig. 6. Eagle descendant, displayed. See Pl. 22, fig. 7. Eagle displayed, recursant. See DISPLAYED RECURSANT, and Pl. 22, […]
    • Azure, surmounting a cloud argent, an American eagle descendant, wings endorsed proper, between his beak four lightning streaks, […]

  2. Descending from a biological ancestor.

    • Power in the kingdom is transferred in a descendant manner.
    • Pitiable sportster, / To choose thy prey so humbly, to seduce / A beggar wench who hath not the high pride / Descendant still from kingly ancestors, / To keep her royal place.

  3. Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number…

      One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

      • Meronyms: issue, line, progeny; family; clan
      • The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.

    2. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.

      • This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.

    3. A later evolutionary type.

      • Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.

    4. A language that is descended from another.

      • English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.

    5. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor…

      A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.

      • The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī.

    6. The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical…

      The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.

The neighborhood

Derived

Afrodescendant, descendantless, direct descendant, indirect descendant, nondescendant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at descendant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at descendant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at descendant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA