descent

Noun
  1. is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
    subtypes:
    • drop, fall - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
    • lightening - descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
    • set - the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
    • cascade, shower - a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
    • sinking - a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
    • slide - (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
  2. is a type of: ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
    subtypes: full blood - descent from parents both of one pure breed
    same as: extraction, origin
  3. is a type of: motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
    subtypes:
    • jump, parachuting - descent with a parachute
    • dive, nose dive, nosedive - a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
    • abseil, rappel - (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
    • swoop - a swift descent through the air
    • crash dive - a rapid descent by a submarine
    • drop - the act of dropping something
    • collapse, flop - the act of throwing yourself down
  4. is a type of: family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
    subtypes:
    • bilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
    • unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
    same as: filiation, line of descent, lineage
  5. is a type of: incline, side, slope - an elevated geological formation
    subtypes:
    • downhill - the downward slope of a hill
    • steep - a steep place (as on a hill)
    same as: declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall
  6. is a type of: family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
    subtypes:
    same as: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

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