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DESCENT

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descent substantiv

1. coborâre; (av.) aterizare;

(av.) forced descent aterizare forţată.

2. coborâş, pantă coborâtoare; versant.

3. atac, năvală (de obicei de pe mare); debarcare; descindere (a poliţiei).

4. cădere, declin.

5. descendenţă, obârşie; generaţie;

this land was theirs during four descents acest pământ le-a aparţinut de-a lungul a patru generaţii.

6. transmitere de proprietate / titlu / calitate prin naştere.

7. transmitere, moştenire (a trăsăturilor de caracter etc.).

8. (metal.) golire; gură de golire.

9. (mine) coborâre (în mină); cale de intrare (în mină).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

In people of European descent, there were also differences on chromosome 9.

(Can't Sleep? Could Be Down to Genetics, Editura Global Info)

When I was near the bottom of the descent I looked back.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Edmund had descended from that moral elevation which he had maintained before, and they were both as much the better as the happier for the descent.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

By and by he made another descent upon us with the same inquiry, and the same result.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

So far all had been kindly, however far apart our desires might be; but we felt well assured that our actual plans of a descent must be kept secret, for we had reason to fear that at the last they might try to hold us by force.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It settled the matter; and they pursued the accustomed circuit; which brought them again, after some time, in a descent among hanging woods, to the edge of the water, and one of its narrowest parts.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Then came the search for a place to descend, which descent was ultimately made by the aid of the rope, and night found them back on the river with a quarter of a mile to the day’s credit.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

This is an observational study, so no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, and the researchers acknowledge several limitations, such as the narrow range of lifestyle factors, and that the results may not apply more generally because the study was restricted to people of European descent.

(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)

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