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

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations. / (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.

plural of descendant

(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.

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