descending

/dɪˈsɛndɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.
To enter mentally; to retire.
(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself
To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
To come down, as from a source, original, or stock
A descent.
(of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element.
That causes a sequence to follow a descending order.

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