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descend verb

  /dɪˈsɛnd/
  • (transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of
 laskea, laskeutua
  • (intransitive) 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.
  • (intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
  • (intransitive, astronomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward.
 laskeutua
  • (intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
 alentua, laskea, laskeutua, pudota
  • (intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself
 alentua, laskeutua
  • (intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
 mennä yksityiskohtiin
  • (intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock
 periytyä, polveutua
  • (intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire.
 vajota

descendant noun

  /dɪˈsɛndənt/
  • One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  • (biology) A later evolutionary type.
 jälkeläinen
  • (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
 seuraaja

descender noun

  /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
  • (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
 alapidennys

descending adjective

  /dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/
  • (computing) Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.
  • Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)
 laskeva
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