Descent | Mean of descent in English Dictionary

/dɪˈsɛnt/

• Noun
• the act or process of descending: such as
• the act or process of going from a higher to a lower place or level
1. The climbers were faced with a dangerous descent in bad weather.
2. the submarine's descent
3. After only an hour of flight, the pilot announced our descent.
• the act or process or changing to a worse state or condition
1. The book describes his descent into a deep depression after the death of his wife.
2. her slow descent to a life of addiction

• a way of going down something
1. The only path that goes down to the river is a rather steep descent, so be careful.
• the people in your family who lived before you were born
1. Many people in this area are of German descent. [=ancestry]
2. They claim to be of royal descent. [=they say that their ancestors were kings, queens, etc.]