DESCENDIBLE
De*scend"i*ble, a.
1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. "A descendant estate." Sir W. Jones.
DESCENDING
De*scend"ing, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. Descending constellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. — Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. — Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.
DESCENDINGLY
De*scend"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a descending manner.
DESCENSION
De*scen"sion, n. Etym: [OF. descension, L. descensio. See Descent.]
Defn: The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation. Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the horizon of an oblique sphere. — Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.]
DESCENSIONAL
De*scen"sion*al, a.