descensional
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From descension + -al.
Adjective
[edit]descensional (not comparable)
- Relating to descension.
- 1810, Edward Bruce, An Introduction to Geography and Astronomy:
- To find the sun's oblique descension, descensional difference, western amplitude, and of setting, on any given day, at any given place […]
- 2017, Patrick West, Get Over Yourself: Nietzsche for Our Times:
- When this ascensional force loses its force, it is no longer venerated, causing it to lose its momentum further, to stagnate and then becomes descensional.
References
[edit]- “descensional”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.