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Definition of descent

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Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..

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Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

Glowlamp :: Glowlamp (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a..

Family :: Family (v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

Chromosphere :: Chromosphere (n.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame..

Condescension :: Condescension (n.) The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.

Excandescent :: Excandescent (a.) White or glowing with heat.

Great :: Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent..

Descent :: Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower..

Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.

Boer :: Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.

Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.

Set :: Set (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination..

Condescent :: Condescent (n.) An act of condescension.

Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..

Glow :: Glow (v. i.) To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.