Definition of Descinsion
De*scen"sion (?), n. [OF.
descension, L. descensio. See Descent.] The
act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension;
degradation.
Oblique descension (Astron.), the
degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object,
below the horizon of an oblique sphere. -- Right
descension, the degree or arc of the equator which
descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with
the object. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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