descending constellations

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descending constellations - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Descending \De*scend"ing\, a.
     Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
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     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.
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