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English → English (gcide) Definition: Descending constellations Descending \De*scend"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. [1913 Webster] Descending constellations or Descending signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity. [1913 Webster]