Descent
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Descent may refer to:
In film:
- The Descent, a horror film
- The Descent 2, the upcoming sequel to the Neil Marshall film, The Descent
In gaming:
- Descent (computer game), a series of computer games developed by Parallax Software and Outrage Entertainment
- Descent II, a 3D first-person shooter video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology
- Descent³, the sequel to Descent II.
- Descent: FreeSpace, a computer game series developed by Volition Inc.
- Descent: Journeys in the Dark, a board game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005
In literature:
- Descent (novel), the first novel of Sabrina Broadbent
- The Descent (novel), a novel by author Jeff Long
In science:
- Common descent, concept in evolutionary biology
- Kinship and descent, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology
In television:
- "Descent" (Outer Limits episode), 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
In other fields:
- Descent (aircraft), the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight
- Descent (category theory), a very general idea in mathematics, extending the intuitive idea of 'gluing' in topology
- Descent (font), the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography