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descending

verb
/dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

Etymology

From descend + -ing.

  1. derived from *skend-✻ — “to climb, scale; to dart; to jump”
  2. derived from dēscendere
  3. derived from descendere
  4. derived from descendere
  5. inherited from descenden — “to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”
  6. formed as descending — “descend + -ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of descend

  2. Moving or sloping downwards.

  3. Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a…

    Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

    • Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Becoming lower in pitch.

    2. A descent.

      • continual ascendings and descendings

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Derived

descending chain condition, descending colon, descendingly, descending node, descending palatine artery, descending perineum syndrome, descending s, descendostomy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at descending. 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 descending. 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 descending

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

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