Descending
41descending — Directed downward [Butler, T.H.] …
42descending — Synonyms and related words: ascending, axial, back, back flowing, backward, collapsing, deciduous, declined, declining, declivate, declivitous, declivous, decurrent, descendant, dipping, down, down reaching, down trending, downcoming, downfalling …
43descending — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Moving or sloping down: descendent, downward. See RISE …
44descending — adj. going down de·scend || dɪ send v. go down; be handed down (from generation to generation); lower oneself morally …
45descending — To slope, extend, or incline downward (abaxially), e.g. the megasporophylls of Encephalartos sclavoi. Cf. ascending …
46descending — de·scend·ing …
47descending — adjective coming down or downward (Freq. 1) • Ant: ↑ascending • Similar to: ↑declivitous, ↑downhill, ↑downward sloping, ↑degressive, ↑descendant, ↑ …
48descending colon — /koh leuhn/, Anat. the last portion of the colon, beginning at the upper left abdomen in the region of the spleen and continuing downward along the left posterior wall to the sigmoid flexure. See diag. under intestine. * * * …
49descending node — Astron. the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the south (opposed to ascending node). [1690 1700] * * * …
50descending rhythm. — See falling rhythm. * * * …