1. a person who is descended from a particular ancestor; offspring

1. moving or directed downward

Examples

• She is a descendent of Irish immigrants who came to America in the 1800s.
• The museum traced the family tree to find all living descendents.
• Many descendents of the original settlers still live in the area.
• The descendent path led down the mountainside.
• The airplane followed a descendent trajectory toward the runway.
• Water flows in a descendent direction due to gravity.