Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 10 compound words that contain descent. The most common are listed below. Open descent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- infinite descentA method of proof by contradiction that is used to prove that a statement must be false for all positive integers. By showing that if it is true for one integer, it must be true for a smaller integer, an infinite number of solutions are …
- gradient descentA first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.
- recursive descentA kind of top-down parsing involving a set of mutually recursive procedures, each of which implements one of the non-terminals of the grammar, so that the structure of the parser program closely mirrors that of the grammar.
- bilateral descentDescent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
- descent groupA group of people all descended from a common ancestor, whether real or fictitious, whether traceable through linear genealogies or untraceable; a clan or lineage.
- double descentThe presence of both patrilineal and matrilineal descent groups in a society.
- identical by descentOf corresponding segments of a chromosome in different individuals, identical because they were inherited from a common ancestor without crossover.
- matrilineal descentSynonym of matrilineal lineage: Synonym of matriline; the system of tracing family lineage, inheritance, or social identity exclusively through the mother's side of the family.
- patrilineal descentSynonym of patrilineal lineage: A line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are fathers.
- graduate student descentThe process of choosing hyperparameters manually and in an ad-hoc manner, typical of work assigned to a graduate student.
- minimum descent altitudeThe lowest altitude at which an aircraft is permitted to fly during a non-precision approach without the runway being in clear sight.
- descent groupsplural of descent group: A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, whether real or fictitious, whether traceable through linear genealogies or untraceable; a clan or lineage.
- descent vehicleA means of transportation able to carry people or cargo from outer space to the surface of a planet or a moon.
- descent vehiclesplural of descent vehicle: A means of transportation able to carry people or cargo from outer space to the surface of a planet or a moon.
- minimum descent altitudesplural of minimum descent altitude: The lowest altitude at which an aircraft is permitted to fly during a non-precision approach without the runway being in clear sight.
Compound words 10
- maldescentThe incomplete descent of the testicles.
- hyperdescentThe practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry into the more socially dominant of the parents' races.
- hypodescentThe practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry into the less socially dominant of the parents' races.
- redescentThe act of descending again.
- irridescentMisspelling of iridescent: Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
- clandescentsecret, clandestine
- candescentglowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
- decadescentdecaying
- frondescentLeafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- condescentAn act of condescending, or acting in a condescending manner.