progression

From Old French progression.

progression (countable and uncountable, plural progressions)

1. The act of moving from one thing to another.
2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
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     The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.

3. (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
4. Development, increase, evolution.
5. (music) chord progression

• (mathematics): sequence

• progress

progression

1. Genitive singular form of progressio.

From Latin progressionem (accusative of progressio).

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/

progression f (plural progressions)

1. progression

• “progression” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).