From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[mul=Descent (mathematics)]
*** Etymology
From [en] and [en], from [en]; see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. An instance of descending ; act of coming down.
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | date=July 15 2012 | author=Richard Williams | publisher=Guardian Unlimited | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/15/tour-de-france-2012-bradley-wiggins | title=Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
|passage=The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a
second flat as he started the DESCENT.}}
1. A way down .
2. A sloping passage or incline .
3. Lineage or hereditary derivation .
4. A drop to a lower status or condition ; decline . [en] < !--current example sounds unlikely-->
5. A falling upon or invasion.
6. [en] A particular extension of the idea of gluing .
**** Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with [en] .
**** Antonyms
- [going down] [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|double descent|maldescent|redescent
|hypodescent|hyperdescent|bilateral descent|descent group|descent
vehicle|gradient descent|graduate student descent|identical by
descent|infinite descent|minimum descent altitude|recursive descent}}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[instance of descending]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] [informal]
- Greek:
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[way down]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[sloping passage or incline]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[lineage or hereditary derivation]
- Afrikaans: [af] , [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Kurdish:
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[drop to a lower status or condition]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]