Meanings
adjectivedescensional (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to descension.
To find the sun's oblique descension, descensional difference, western amplitude, and of setting, on any given day, at any given place[…]
1810, Edward Bruce, An Introduction to Geography and Astronomy1 more example
When this ascensional force loses its force, it is no longer venerated, causing it to lose its momentum further, to stagnate and then becomes descensional.
2017, Patrick West, Get Over Yourself: Nietzsche for Our Times
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