descending

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of descend

adj

1. (not-comparable)Moving or sloping downwards.
2. (not-comparable)Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

   “Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.”

3. (not-comparable)Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)

   “We used a descending sort.”

4. (not-comparable)Becoming lower in pitch.

noun

1. A descent.

   “continual ascendings and descendings”