Descendant
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Descendant or Descendent may refer to:
- Lineal descendantLineal descendantA lineal descendant, in legal usage, refers to a blood relative in the direct line of descent. The children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc...
, a blood relative in the direct line of descent- Collateral descendantCollateral descendantA collateral descendant is a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.Compare with lineal descendant....
, a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor
- Collateral descendant
- Descendant (astrology)Descendant (astrology)In astrology, the descendant is the point directly opposite, or 180 degrees away from the ascendant. The descendant forms the cusp of the seventh house of the horoscope and refers to partners or relationships. The descendant is ruled by the seventh sign of the zodiac, Libra, and its ruler planet,...
, the point directly opposite from the Ascendant, or Rising Sign - DescendentsDescendentsThe Descendents are an American punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California. As of 2011, they have released six studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums and three EPs. The Descendents broke up and reformed several times over the years, sometimes with different musicians...
, a punk rock band from southern California - Descendants (film)Descendants (film)Descendants is a 2008 animated short film starring the voice talents of Christy Scott Cashman and Whoopi Goldberg. Written by Heiko Scherm, the film was directed by Scherm and Patrick Cunningham, and produced by Cunningham, Alex Martin, Chris Maybach, and Maria Severine Pazoukhine....
, a 2008 short film - "The Descendant" (short story)The Descendant (short story)"The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.-Inspiration:...
, a short story by H. P. Lovecraft - The Descendants (novel), a 2008 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
- The Descendants (film)The Descendants (film)The Descendants is a 2011 comedy-drama film based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard and Shailene Woodley and it was released in the United States on November 18, 2011. It is directed by Alexander Payne, with a screenplay by Payne, Nat...
, a 2011 film by Alexander Payne adapted from the 2008 novel
- The Descendants (film)
- A descendant node in a tree structureTree structureA tree structure is a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. It is named a "tree structure" because the classic representation resembles a tree, even though the chart is generally upside down compared to an actual tree, with the "root" at the top and the...
, or a subordinate in a hierarchyHierarchyA hierarchy is an arrangement of items in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another...