descending

From descend +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɛn.dɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

descending

1. present participle and gerund of descend

descending (not comparable)

1. Moving or sloping downwards.
2. Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

   Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.

   1. (computing) Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.

      We used a descending sort.

3. (music) Becoming lower in pitch.

• ascending

descending (plural descendings)

1. A descent.

   continual ascendings and descendings

• “descending”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “descending”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.