descending

English

Pronunciation

Verb

descending

present participle of descend

Adjective

descending (not comparable)

(of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element.
Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.

Antonym: ascending
(computing) That causes a sequence to follow a descending order.
We used a descending sort.

Antonym: ascending

Translations

of a sequence: ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element

Finnish: laskeva (fi)

Romanian: descrescător (ro)

computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order

Finnish: laskeva (fi)

Noun

descending (plural descendings)

A descent.
continual ascendings and descendings

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