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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Descent; the act of descending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English descencioun, from Old French descension, from Latin dēscēnsiō, dēscēnsiōnem.
