Descent

Descent has several meanings:

• in anthropology: see Kinship and descent
• in biology: see Common descent
• in mathematics: see Descent (category theory)
• the computer game: Descent

The noun descent also refers to the part of a flight of an aircraft when the altitude decreases before landing.

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