descendant means "downhill" or "downhill". It is often used to define the kinship relationship between people or the origin of a family.
The word can be used to refer to subsequent generations of the same family: children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on.
Example: She is descended from a German family.
The word can be used in many situations such as math, phonetics, architecture and music. The meaning must always be a reference to something that is in descent or decreasing.
In Law, the concept of descendant is important for the determination of various rights and obligations, mainly the right of inheritance, the responsibility for the payment of debts and for avoid the nepotism.
In mathematics, a graph with a downward curve (or decreasing) demonstrates the decrease of a value or indicator.
Synonyms for descendant
They are synonyms commons of the word:
- son;
- strain;
- succession;
- decreasing;
- progeny;
- decadent;
- originating;
- from;
- derivative.
They can be antonyms of descendant: ascendant, parent, original, ancestor, ancestor, ancestral and ascendant.
Ascendant and Descendant
In Astrology, the so-called "descendant sign" it is the opposite of the ascendant and is held responsible for a person's relationship characteristics.
Grammatically, descending and ascending are antonyms, that is, they represent the opposite of each other.
As we have seen, descending refers to what decreases, which descends from above to below. This term is often used to indicate the successors of a family lineage, such as children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc.
On the other hand, the word ascendant consists of something that rises, that is, that descends from below upwards. In this case, it usually represents the ancestors of a family, the ancestors and ancestors of someone.
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