Usually means: Point where orbit crosses downward.
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  1. descending node: Merriam-Webster
  2. descending node: Vocabulary.com
  3. descending node: Wordnik
  4. descending node: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Descending node, descending node: Dictionary.com
  6. descending node: Rhymezone
  7. descending node: FreeDictionary.org
  8. descending node: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. descending node: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. descending node: Wiktionary

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  1. Technology Terms and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. descending node: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Descending Node: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Descending Node: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (descending node)

noun:  (astronomy) The point in an orbit at which a body passes the ecliptic plane going south.

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