descending
English
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
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computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order
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Noun
descending (plural descendings)
- A descent.
- continual ascendings and descendings