descent in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for descent in the English»Italian Dictionary

descent [Brit dɪˈsɛnt, Am dəˈsɛnt] N

1. descent (downward motion):

descent

discesa f (on, upon su)

to make one's descent

scendere

the aircraft began its descent

l'aereo iniziò la discesa

his descent into crime, alcoholism started in 1964

cadde nel baratro del crimine nel 1964, cominciò a scendere la china dell'alcolismo nel 1964

2. descent (extraction):

descent

discendenza f

of Irish descent

di discendenza, di origine irlandese

to claim descent from

sostenere di discendere da

a British citizen by descent

un cittadino britannico di nascita

to trace one's line of descent back to Henry VIII

far risalire la propria genealogia fino a Enrico VIII

line of descent [ˌlaɪnəvdɪˈsent] N

line of descent

discendenza f

line of descent

lignaggio m

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lineal descent from

discendenza in linea diretta da

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matrilinearità

matrilineal descent

calata (il calare)

descent

calata

descent

di nobile schiatta

of noble descent

genealogia

line of descent

ricostruire la genealogia della propria famiglia

to trace back one's line of descent

discendenza in linea diretta da

lineal descent from

discendenza

(line of) descent

di discendenza irlandese

of Irish descent

di nobile discendenza

of noble stock or descent

lignaggio

line of descent

la discesa agli inferi

the descent into the underworld

descent in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for descent in the English»Italian Dictionary

descent [dɪ·ˈsent] N

1. descent AVIAT:

descent

discesa f

descent (way down)

discesa f

2. descent (decline):

descent

caduta f

3. descent (ancestry):

descent

discendenza f

of Irish descent

di origine irlandese

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discendenza

descent

discesa

descent

descent Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

of Irish descent

di origine irlandese

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The whole descent took 13 minutes and 45 seconds and set a world record for the highest parachute jump.

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Its descent has not been traced from that time until the end of the 18th century.

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Figure eights allow fast but controlled descent on a rope.

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This generality is used in preconditioned gradient descent methods.

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The jetliner hit the ground at, with a descent rate of.

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In this system, relatives are sorted according to their descent and their gender.

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