Descending; going down / Descending from a biological ancestor. / Proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

(intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.

simple past tense and past participle of descend

present participle and gerund of descend

Moving or sloping downwards. / (of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. / (computing) Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.

A descent.

plural of descendant

A person or thing that descends. / (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters). / (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend

(uncountable) The quality or condition of being a descendant. / (countable) Descendants considered collectively.