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Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
Descent — De*scent , n. [F. descente, fr. descendre; like vente, from vendre. See {Descend}.] 1. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower. [1913 Webster] 2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
descent — c.1300, from O.Fr. descente descent, descendance, lineage, formed from descendre (see DESCEND (Cf. descend)) on analogy of French nouns like attente from attendre to expect, vente sale from vendre to sell, pente slope from pendre … Etymology dictionary
descent — [n1] moving down; lowering cave in, coast, coming down, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop off, fall, falling, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, plummeting, plunge,… … New thesaurus
slope — [n] slant, tilt abruptness, bank, bend, bevel, bias, cant, declination, declivity, deflection, descent, deviation, diagonal, downgrade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, ramp, rise, rising ground … New thesaurus
descent — ► NOUN 1) an act or the action of descending. 2) a downward slope. 3) a person s origin or nationality. 4) (descent on) a sudden violent attack on … English terms dictionary
descent — [dē sent′, disent′] n. [ME descent < OFr descente < descendre: see DESCEND] 1. a descending; coming down or going down 2. lineage; ancestry 3. one generation (in a specified lineage) 4. a downward slope 5. a way down or downward … English World dictionary
descent — de|scent [dıˈsent] n 1.) [U and C] formal the process of going down ≠ ↑ascent ▪ Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent. descent from/to ▪ The descent to Base Camp took about two days. 2.) [U] your family origins, especially your … Dictionary of contemporary English
descent — /di sent /, n. 1. the act, process, or fact of descending. 2. a downward inclination or slope. 3. a passage or stairway leading down. 4. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. 5. any passing from higher to lower in degree or state;… … Universalium
descent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion downward Nouns 1. descent, descension (rare), declension, declination, inclination, fall; falling, drop, subsidence, lapse; comedown. 2. downfall, tumble, slip, cropper, stumble, nosedive, crash… … English dictionary for students
descent — noun 1) the plane began its descent Syn: dive, drop; fall, pitch, nosedive 2) their descent of the mountain Syn: downward climb 3) a steep descent Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
descent — noun 1) the plane began its descent Syn: dive, drop, fall, plunge, nosedive 2) a steep descent Syn: slope, incline, dip, drop, gradient 3) … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary