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'''Descent''' may refer to:
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==As a noun==
===Genealogy and inheritance===
* [[Common descent]], concept in evolutionary biology
* [[Kinship]], one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology
**[[Pedigree chart]] or [[family tree]]
**[[Ancestry]]
**[[Lineal descendant]]
**[[Heritage (disambiguation)|Heritage]]
**[[Royal descent]] - lineal descent from a monarch
*[[Phylogenetics]]
**[[Tree diagram (disambiguation)]]
*[[Inheritance]]  (law and property)

===Mathematics===
* [[Infinite descent]], a method going back to Fermat to solve Diophantine equations
* [[Descent (mathematics)]], an idea extending the notion of "gluing" in topology
* [[Hadamard's method of descent]], a technique for solving partial differential equations
* [[Gradient descent]], a first-order optimization algorithm going back to Newton
* Descents in permutations, a classical [[Permutation#Descents|permutation]] statistic in combinatorics

===Other uses===
*[[Descent (aeronautics)]], the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight
*[[Descent (font)]], the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography
*[[Katabasis]]

==As a proper name==
===Film===
* ''[[The Descent]]'', a 2005 horror film
** ''[[The Descent Part 2]]'', the 2009 sequel to the 2005 film
* [[Descent (2007 film)|''Descent'' (2007 film)]], a thriller film starring Rosario Dawson
* [[Descent (2017 film)|''Descent'' (2017 film)]], a Nigerian film

===Gaming===
* [[Descent (video game)|''Descent'' (video game)]], first in a series from Interplay Entertainment and Parallax Software
** ''[[Descent II]]'', sequel to ''Descent''
** ''[[Descent 3]]'', sequel to ''Descent II''
* ''[[Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War]]'', a 1998 space combat simulation computer game
* ''[[Descent: Journeys in the Dark]]'', a 2005 board game by Fantasy Flight Games
* ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent]]'', a 2015 downloadable content pack for ''Dragon Age: Inquisition''

===Literature===
* ''[[Descent: An Irresistible Tragicomedy of Everyday Life]]'', a 2004 novel by Sabrina Broadbent
* [[The Descent (novel)|''The Descent'' (novel)]], by Jeff Long
* [[Descent (magazine)|''Descent'' (magazine)]], a magazine about caving
* [[Descent (journal)|''Descent'' (journal)]], a genealogy journal published by the Society of Australian Genealogists

===Music===
* ''Descent'', an album by the band [[This Burning Effigy]]
* "Descent", a song by Celldweller from ''[[Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head Vol. 01]]''
* [[Descent (song)|"Descent" (song)]], a song by Fear Factory from ''Obsolete''
* "Descent", a song by Godflesh from ''[[Us and Them (Godflesh album)|Us and Them]]''
* "Descent", a song by Knut from ''[[Bastardiser]]''
* "Descent", a song by Neurosis from ''[[Times of Grace (album)|Times of Grace]]''
* "Descent", a song by Sylosis from ''[[A Sign of Things to Come]]''
* "A Descent", a song by Born of Osiris from ''[[A Higher Place]]''
* "The Descent", a song by Insomnium from ''[[Shadows of the Dying Sun]]'' (bonus track)
* "The Descent", a song by Polaris from ''[[The Death of Me (Polaris album)|The Death of Me]]''

===Television===
* [[Descent (NCIS: Los Angeles)|"Descent" (''NCIS: Los Angeles'')]], a 2013 episode of ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles (season 4)|NCIS: Los Angeles]]''
* [[Descent (The Outer Limits)|"Descent" (''The Outer Limits'')]], a 1999 episode of ''The Outer Limits''
* [[Descent (Stargate SG-1)|"Descent" (''Stargate SG-1'')]], a 2002 episode of ''Stargate SG-1''
* [[Descent (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|"Descent" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation'')]], a two-part 1993 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
* [[Descent (Star Wars Resistance)|"Descent" (''Star Wars Resistance'')]]
* [[The Descent (The Vampire Diaries)|"The Descent" (''The Vampire Diaries'')]], a 2011 episode of ''The Vampire Diaries''
* [[Descent (X-Men: The Animated Series)|"Descent" (''X-Men: The Animated Series'')]], a 1997 episode
* ''Descent'', a 2024 Australian online comedy series released by [[Grouse House]]

==See also==
* [[Dissent]] (homophone)

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