DESCENSIONS

Noun

descensions

plural of descension

Source: Wiktionary


DESCENSION

De*scen"sion, n. Etym: [OF. descension, L. descensio. See Descent.]

Definition: The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation. Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the horizon of an oblique sphere.

– Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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