English-Thai Dictionary

descent

N การ เคลื่อน ลงมา  การ ตกลงมา  falling dropping rise ascent kan-kluean-long-ma

 

descent

N ทางลง  tang-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESCENT

n. 1. The act of descending; the act of passing from a higher to a lower place, by any form of motion, as by walking, riding, rolling, sliding, sinking or falling.
2. Inclination downward; obliquity; slope; declivity; as the descent of a hill, or a roof.
3. Progress downward; as the descent from higher to lower orders of beings.
4. Fall from a higher to a lower state or station.
5. A landing from ships; invasion of troops from the sea; as, to make a descent on Cuba.
6. A passing from an ancestor to an heir; transmission by succession or inheritance, as the descent of an estate or a title from the father to the son. Descent is lineal, when it proceeds directly from the father to the son, and from the son to the grandson; collateral, when it proceeds from a man to his brother, nephew or other collateral representative.
7. A proceeding from an original or progenitor. The Jews boast of their descent from Abraham. Hence,
8. Birth; extraction; lineage; as a noble descent.
9. A generation; a single degree in the scale of genealogy; distance from the common ancestor.
No man is a thousand descents from Adam.
1 . Offspring; issue; descendants.
The care of our descent perplexes most.
11. A rank in the scale of subordination.
12. Lowest place.
13. In music, a passing from a note or sound to one more grave or less acute.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESCENT

De *scent ", n. Etym: [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.

 

2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. The United Provinces... ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. Jortin.

 

3. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

 

2. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. Dryden.

 

5. (Law )

 

Defn: Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Abbott.

 

6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

 

7. That which is descended; descendants; issue. If care of our descent perplex us most, Which must be born to certain woe. Milton.

 

8. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.

 

9. Lowest place; extreme downward place. [R.] And from the extremest upward of thy head, To the descent and dust below thy foot. Shak.

 

1 . (Mus. )

 

Defn: A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

 

Syn. -- Declivity; slope; degradation; extraction; lineage; assault; invasion; attack.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

descent

de scent |diˈsent dəˈsɛnt | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] an action of moving downward, dropping, or falling: the plane had gone into a steep descent. • a downward slope, esp. a path or track: a steep, badly eroded descent. • a moral, social, or psychological decline into a specified undesirable state: the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism. 2 the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: American families of Hungarian descent . • the transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance. 3 (descent on ) a sudden, violent attack: a descent on the enemy airstrip. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French descente, from descendre ‘to descend ’ (see descend ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

descent

des |cent |dɪˈsɛnt | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in sing. ] an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling: the plane had gone into a steep descent. • a downward slope: a steep, badly eroded descent. • a moral, social, or psychological decline: the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism. 2 [ mass noun ] the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: the settlers were of Cornish descent . • the transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance. 3 (descent on ) a sudden violent attack: a descent on the Channel ports. • an unexpected visit. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French descente, from descendre ‘to descend ’ (see descend ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

descent

descent noun 1 the plane began its descent: dive, drop; fall, pitch, nosedive. 2 their descent of the mountain: downward climb. 3 a steep descent: slope, incline, dip, drop, gradient, declivity, slant; hill. 4 his descent into alcoholism: decline, slide, fall, degeneration, deterioration, regression. 5 she is of Italian descent: ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family, antecedents; extraction, origin, derivation, birth; lineage, line, genealogy, heredity, stock, pedigree, blood, bloodline; roots, origins. 6 the descent of property: inheritance, succession. 7 the sudden descent of the cavalry: attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

descent

descent noun 1 the plane began its descent to Brussels: going down, coming down; drop, fall, sinking, subsiding; dive, pitch, slump. ANTONYMS ascent, climb. 2 they started their descent of the mountain: downward climb, descending. ANTONYMS ascent, climb. 3 a steep, badly eroded descent: slope, incline, dip, drop, gradient, declivity, declination, slant, downslope, hill. 4 he began his calamitous descent into alcoholism: degeneration, degeneracy, deterioration, decline, sinking, slide, fall, drop, regression, retrogression, debasement, degradation, comedown. 5 his mother was of Italian descent: ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family; lineage, line, line of descent; extraction, origin, derivation, birth; genealogy, heredity, succession; stock, pedigree, blood, bloodline, strain; roots, origins, forefathers, antecedents; rare filiation, stirps. 6 the descent of property can sometimes be traced over several generations through archives: inheritance, passing down /on, succession. 7 the sudden descent of the cavalry: attack, assault, raid, onslaught, charge, thrust, push, drive, incursion, foray, sortie, sally, storming, assailing.

 

French Dictionary

descente

descente n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de descendre. : Une descente en skis, à skis. 2 Chemin par lequel on descend. : Une descente abrupte. 3 Perquisition. : Des descentes de police. SYNONYME irruption . Note Orthographique de scen te.

 

Spanish Dictionary

descentrado, -da

descentrado, -da adjetivo 1 [instrumento o pieza de una máquina ] Que tiene el centro fuera de la posición debida .2 [persona ] Que no tiene la atención puesta en lo que hace .SINÓNIMO desconcentrado .3 Que no está en el lugar que le corresponde :tenía la mirada desviada, como descentrada, por lo que pensé que estaba absorto en sus pensamientos y preferí no preguntarle nada .

 

descentralización

descentralización nombre femenino 1 Acción de descentralizar :proceso de descentralización .ANTÓNIMO centralización .2 Efecto de descentralizar .ANTÓNIMO centralización .

 

descentralizador, -ra

descentralizador, -ra adjetivo Que descentraliza :proyecto descentralizador; fórmula descentralizadora .

 

descentralizar

descentralizar verbo transitivo 1 Hacer que una cosa deje de depender de una dirección central .ANTÓNIMO centralizar .2 Traspasar poderes y funciones del gobierno central a organismos autonómicos :descentralizar los servicios sanitarios permite mejorar las prestaciones al usuario .ANTÓNIMO centralizar, estatalizar . Conjugación [4 ] como realizar .

 

descentramiento

descentramiento nombre masculino Acción de descentrar o descentrarse :de este modo se explica el descentramiento del espectador ante el filme .

 

descentrar

descentrar verbo transitivo 1 Hacer que una cosa deje de estar centrada .2 Perder la atención o la concentración :el murmullo de fondo de los 5 000 espectadores no ha de descentrar tu concentración .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

descent

de scent /dɪsént / (! dissentと同音 ) →descend 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U ｟かたく ｠〖具体例では 可算 ; 通例単数形で 〗下降 , 降下, 降りること (↔ascent )▸ a vertical descent 垂直降下 ▸ make a descent into a cave ほら穴の中へ降りる 2 C 下り坂 , 下りの道 [傾斜 ]▸ a steep [gentle ] descent 急な [ゆるやかな ]下り坂 3 U «…の » 出身, 家系 , 血統 «from » ▸ an American of Japanese descent 日系アメリカ人 ▸ He is Italian by descent .彼はイタリア系だ ▸ in direct descent from the royal family 王室直系の 4 〖単数形で 〗 «…への » 転落, 没落 ; 堕落 «into » ▸ one's descent into violence 暴力への転落 5 〖単数形で 〗 «…への » 急襲, 襲撃 ; (警察の )抜打ちの手入れ ; 不意の [歓迎されない ]訪問 «on , upon » ▸ make a descent on the coasts 海岸を急襲する 6 U 〘法 〙世襲, 相続 ; 遺伝 .