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descendance

descendance noun: the property of being a descendant; descent.

Noun

descendance (uncountable)

  1. The property of being a descendant; descent.
    • The relation of being a descendant is defined as the quasi ordering generated by immediate descendance.1977, Haskell Brooks Curry, Foundations of Mathematical Logic, page 199

Questions about descendance

What does descendance mean?
Descendance means the property of being a descendant; descent.
What part of speech is descendance?
Descendance is a noun.

Words near descendance in the dictionary

  1. descend
  2. descend into the arena
  3. descend on
  4. descend upon
  5. descendable
  6. descendance
  7. descendancies
  8. descendancy
  9. descendant
  10. descendantless
  11. descendants

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