Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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descent | Yes | No | No | No |
bilateral descent | Yes | No | No | No |
descent (noun) | bilateral descent (noun) |
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the act of changing your location in a downward direction | line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family |
properties attributable to your ancestry | |
a movement downward | |
the hereditary derivation of an individual | |
a downward slope or bend | |
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors |