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Descent
Descent
has several meanings:
in
anthropology
: see
Kinship and descent
in
biology
: see
Common descent
in
mathematics
: see
Descent (category theory)
the
computer game
:
Descent
in
typography
, the distance that a
typeface
descends below the baseline
in
aviation
, the part of a
flight
of an
aircraft
when the altitude decreases before
landing
, see
descent (aircraft)
Last updated: 10-10-2005 08:58:54
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