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Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
Descending constellations or signs (Astron.), those
through which the planets descent toward the south.
Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit
where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.
Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is
numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series
arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.
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