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Princeton's WordNet

  1. descending(a)adjective

    coming down or downward

Wikipedia

  1. descending

    The discography of the experimental music group Psychic TV consists of over 100 full-length albums, over 15 compilation albums and over 30 singles and EPs.

ChatGPT

  1. descending

    Descending refers to moving or extending downward, decreasing in size, amount, number, or degree, or arranged in a decreasing order of importance or value. It can also refer to a step-by-step progression or gradation from higher to lower or from greater to lesser.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Descending

    of Descend

  2. Descendingadjective

    of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards

Wikidata

  1. Descending

    Descending is a live album by Psychic TV. The album was recorded live in Rouen, France at the "Exo 7" on June 01, 1984. Initial copies came with an oversized booklet. Later copies came in a jewel-case with standard booklet and were limited to 5000 numbered copies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Descending in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Descending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Descending in a Sentence

  1. Ken Hasegawa:

    Oil prices may soften if there is an increase in stocks in the U.S. - we can expect a continued increase of inventories, brent and WTI continue to trend sideways, with WTI facing more volatility. Brent has been descending for the past few days and we believe that it is hovering near a support level.

  2. Shannon Bream:

    At the beginning of the passage we see John the Baptist baptizing Jesus, as soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased’ (Matthew 3:16–17).

  3. Vivek Murthy:

    It was a stressful period where people were worried and staff members were concerned about this pandemic that was descending on our country, the way he would run meetings and to both chart out a path forward, reassure people, his calmness in the face of serious adversity and uncertainty -- those are invaluable qualities that he brought to the operation.

  4. Peter Anderson:

    Randy Wolfe did not create the descending chromatic scale.

  5. Boris Sauterey:

    Could Mars still be inhabited today by micro-organisms descending from this primitive biosphere? if so, where?

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