Grep of noun descent
bilateral descent
descent
line of descent
unilateral descent
Overview of noun descent
The noun descent has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) descent -- (a movement downward)
2. (2) origin, descent, extraction -- (properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins")
3. (1) descent -- (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation -- (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors)
5. descent, declivity, fall, decline declension, downslope -- (a downward slope)
6. lineage, line line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
Grep of adj descent
candescent
incandescent
iridescent
Overview of noun descent
The noun descent has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) descent -- (a movement downward)
2. (2) origin, descent, extraction -- (properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins")
3. (1) descent -- (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation -- (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors)
5. descent, declivity, fall, decline declension, downslope -- (a downward slope)
6. lineage, line line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
descent definition
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