Defn: Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.)
Defn: A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2 — Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 — Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as
PROGRESSIONAL
Pro*gres"sion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress.
PROGRESSIONIST
Pro*gres"sion*ist, n.
1. One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection.
2. One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; — opposed to uniformitarian. H. Spencer.
PROGRESSIST
Prog"ress*ist, n.
Defn: One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.