Usually means: Moving or sloping downward progressively.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word descending:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. descending: Merriam-Webster
  2. descending: Collins English Dictionary
  3. descending: Vocabulary.com
  4. Descending, descending: Wordnik
  5. descending: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. descending: Wiktionary
  7. descending: Dictionary.com
  8. descending: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Descending: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. descending: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Descending: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. descending: FreeDictionary.org
  13. descending: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. descending: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descending: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descending: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. descending: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. descending: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descending: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Descending: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descending: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See descend as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (descending)

adjective:  Moving or sloping downwards.
adjective:  Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)
adjective:  (computing) Causing a sequence to follow a descending order.
adjective:  (music) Becoming lower in pitch.
noun:  A descent.

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