descendant

Descendant is defined as an offspring of a particular person.

(noun)

An example of a descendant is a man being the great, great grandson of someone.

The definition of descendant is moving down either physically or in a family line.

(adjective)

An example of descendant used as an adjective is the phrase "descendant escalator" which means an escalator that goes down.

See descendant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

descending

Origin: ME descendaunt < OFr descendant < L descendens, prp. of descendere: see descend

noun

a person who is an offspring, however remote, of a certain ancestor, family, group, etc.
something that derives from an earlier form

See descendant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person, animal, or plant whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.
Something derived from a prototype or earlier form: Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.
In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.

adjective

Variant of descendent.

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