Descent

Descent may refer to:

• Genealogy
  • Common descent, concept in evolutionary biology
  • Kinship and descent, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology
  • Pedigree
  • Ancestry
  • Heritage (disambiguation)
  • Phylogenetics
  • Tree diagram (disambiguation)
• Descent (aircraft), the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight
• Descent (font), the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography
• Descent (category theory), a very general idea in mathematics, extending the intuitive idea of 'gluing' in topology

as a proper name

In film:

• The Descent, a 2005 horror film
• The Descent 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2005 film
• Descent, a 2007 thriller film starring Rosario Dawson
• Descent, a 2005 television film on the Sci-Fi Channel

In gaming:

• Descent (computer game), the first game in a series of a 3D first-person shooter computer games developed by Parallax Software and Outrage Entertainment, best known for introducing 6DOF movement.

• Descent II, originally planned as an expansion but ending up becoming the sequel to Descent. It retained the same game engine but benefited from enhancements.
• Descent³, the sequel to Descent II which featured a new game engine with graphical techniques like portal rendering, procedural texturing and advanced lighting. It was the final game in the series.
• Descent: FreeSpace — The Great War, a computer game developed by Volition Inc, one of the succeeding developers after Parallax split up. "Descent" was used mainly for naming purposes as "FreeSpace" was trademarked, and despite the initial planned storyline crossover, has nothing to do with the Descent 6DOF series.

• Descent: Journeys in the Dark, a board game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005

In literature:

• The Descent (novel), a novel by author Jeff Long

In television:

• "Descent" (The Outer Limits), the name of an episode of the science fiction TV seriesThe Outer Limits
• "Descent" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• "Descent" (TNG episode), a two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Homophone:

• Dissent