descent : Idioms & Phrases

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bilateral descent

  • noun line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
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Curve of quickest descent

  • . See Brachystochrone.
Webster 1913

line of descent

  • noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
    lineage; filiation; descent.
  • noun the descendants of one individual
    lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; ancestry; stemma; blood; line; stock; origin; blood line.
    • his entire lineage has been warriors
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unilateral descent

  • noun line of descent traced through one side of the family
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