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Dissent
.
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descent
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Descent
may refer to:
As a noun
Genealogy and inheritance
Common descent
, concept in evolutionary biology
Kinship
, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology
Pedigree chart
or
family tree
Ancestry
Lineal descendant
Heritage
Royal descent
- lineal descent from a monarch
Phylogenetics
Tree diagram (disambiguation)
Inheritance
(law and property)
Mathematics
Infinite descent
, a method going back to Fermat to solve Diophantine equations
Descent (mathematics)
, an idea extending the notion of "gluing" in topology
Hadamard's method of descent
, a technique for solving partial differential equations
Gradient descent
, a first-order optimization algorithm going back to Newton
Descents in permutations, a classical
permutation
statistic in combinatorics
Other uses
Descent (aeronautics)
, the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight
Descent (font)
, the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography
Katabasis
As a proper name
Film
The Descent
, a 2005 horror film
The Descent Part 2
, the 2009 sequel to the 2005 film
Descent
(2007 film)
, a thriller film starring Rosario Dawson
Descent
(2017 film)
, a Nigerian film
Gaming
Descent
(video game)
, first in a series from Interplay Entertainment and Parallax Software
Descent II
, sequel to
Descent
Descent 3
, sequel to
Descent II
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
, a 1998 space combat simulation computer game
Descent: Journeys in the Dark
, a 2005 board game by Fantasy Flight Games
Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent
, a 2015 downloadable content pack for
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Literature
Descent: An Irresistible Tragicomedy of Everyday Life
, a 2004 novel by Sabrina Broadbent
The Descent
(novel)
, by Jeff Long
Descent
(magazine)
, a magazine about caving
Descent
(journal)
, a genealogy journal published by the Society of Australian Genealogists
Music
Descent
, an album by the band
This Burning Effigy
"Descent" (song)
, a song by Fear Factory from
Obsolete
"Descent", a song by Godflesh from
Us and Them
"Descent", a song by Knut from
Bastardiser
"Descent", a song by Neurosis from
Times of Grace
"A Descent", a song by Born of Osiris from
A Higher Place
"The Descent", a song by Insomnium from
Shadows of the Dying Sun
(bonus track)
"The Descent", a song by Polaris from
The Death of Me
Television
"Descent" (
Star Trek: The Next Generation
)
, a two-part 1993 episode of
Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Descent" (
The Outer Limits
)
, a 1999 episode of
The Outer Limits
"Descent" (
Stargate SG-1
)
, a 2002 episode of
Stargate SG-1
"The Descent" (
The Vampire Diaries
)
, a 2011 episode of
The Vampire Diaries
"Descent", a 2013 episode of
NCIS: Los Angeles
See also
Dissent
(homophone)
Topics referred to by the same term
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