What does DESCENDING mean?
Definitions for DESCENDING
de·scend·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
descending(a)adjective
coming down or downward
Wikipedia
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
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
Descending
of Descend
Descendingadjective
of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards
Wikidata
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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of DESCENDING in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of DESCENDING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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Randy Wolfe did not create the descending chromatic scale.
My fellow Haitians in Haiti and in the diaspora, it is an honor for me to address you as your prime minister. I am calling for all of us to unite and to work together to stop the nation from descending into the abyss, today, it is our responsibility as leaders to work together to faces our challenges. I know some people are scared and have questions about who is leading the country. We weren't ready for recent events, but I can assure you that in a very short period of time I will unveil a new coalition government. This government will lead the country for a short period of time until we can hold better elections.
Could Mars still be inhabited today by micro-organisms descending from this primitive biosphere? if so, where?
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.
After an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes, and also whose guilty conduct after these crimes betrays him, this defendant is the one person who was living a lie, the defendant is the person on which a storm was descending, and the defendant was a person where his own storm would actually mean consequences for Maggie and Paul and consequences for those who trusted him.
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