Crossword clues for progression
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.]
The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.
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Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
--Evelyn. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
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(Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2.
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "action of moving from one condition to another," from Old French progression and directly from Latin progressionem (nominative progressio) "a going forward, advancement, growth, increase," noun of action from past participle stem of progredi "go forward," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + gradi "to step, walk," from gradus "step" (see grade (n.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of moving from one thing to another. 2 The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. 3 (context mathematics English) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant. 4 Development, increase, evolution.
WordNet
n. a series with a definite pattern of advance [syn: patterned advance]
a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, advance]
the act of moving forward toward a goal [syn: progress, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion]
Wikipedia
Progression may refer to:
In mathematics:
- Arithmetic progression, sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
- Geometric progression, sequence of numbers such that the quotient of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
- Harmonic progression (mathematics), sequence of numbers such that their reciprocals form an arithmetic progression
In music:
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Chord progression, series of chords played in order
- Backdoor progression, the cadential chord progression from iv7 to I, or flat-VII7 to I in jazz music theory
- Omnibus progression, sequence of chords which effectively divides the octave into 4 equal parts
- Ragtime progression, chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres
- Progression, music software for guitarists
In other fields:
- Age progression, the process of modifying a photograph of a person to represent the effect of aging on their appearance
- Cisternal progression, theory of protein transport through the Golgi apparatus inside a cell
- Color progression, ranges of color whose values transition smoothly through a hue, saturation, luminance, or any combination of the three
- Horizontal progression, the gradual movement from left to right during writing a line of text in Western handwriting
- A progressive tax is a tax by which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases
- Semantic progression, evolution of word usage
- Educational progression, an individual's movement through stages of education and/or training
- Progress tracking in video games
- Astrological progression, used in Horoscopic astrology to forecast future trends and developments.
PROGRESSION is a music creation and performance computer program created by NOTION Music. Created for use on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS laptops or desktops, PROGRESSION focuses on composition for guitar, but can also be used to compose for keyboards (piano, electric piano, and clavinet), bass (electric and upright), and drums (standard drum set). NOTION Music also offers other programs called NOTION (a composition program oriented to the orchestral setting), PROTEGE (similar to NOTION but with limited functionality), and NOTION Conducting (for Conducting classes).
Progression is Markus Schulz's second Artist Album and was released in 2007. This progressive trance album was released under exclusive license in the United States and Canada to Ultra Records Inc. The album features the vocals of Kate Cameron, Anita Kelsey, Carrie Skipper and Dauby Talles. It also includes collaborations with Chakra and Andy Moor.
Usage examples of "progression".
But keep in mind the following: this sequencing operation is performed primarily on the basis of morphology, in order to preserve an evolutionary progression.
And, further, once we reject the theory that these images reach us by way of some outstreaming from the objects seen, there is no reason to think of the air being affected and passing on to us, in a progression of impression, what has been impressed upon itself.
In them I read unthinkable calculations, formulas of interwoven universes, arithmetical progressions of armies of stars, pandects of the motions of the suns.
I have consciously tried to avoid retreading old ground, and have presented the stories in the order in which they were written, so that you may follow a logical progression of thought, even if some of these processes appear oblique.
That species of things and progressions Shallen endure by successions, And not etern, withouten any lie: This mayst thou understand and see at eye.
I am tempted to-day to go farther, and to maintain that, the larger, the sublimer, your subject is, the more impertinent rhyme becomes to it: and that this impertinence increases in a sort of geometrical progression as you advance from monosyllabic to dissyllabic and on to trisyllabic rhyme.
Painful progressions through narrow tunnels, terrifying drops through space, sudden assaults upon eye and ear by unanalysable lights and sounds, the dread presage of unknown modes of being: all these things, in a confusion somewhat suggestive of the best modern music, formed as it were the overture to his nocturnal drama.
During the same reign a controversy developed between Chinese Buddhist adherents of the rapid path of Buddhahood and Indian defenders of the classical Mahayana or bodhisattva progression by stages.
In short, though distracted first by the two capitals, and afterwards by the formal partition of the empire, the extraordinary felicity of arrangement maintains an order and a regular progression.
Given the stress of the dementia work-up, every organ system crumpled: in a domino progression the injection of radioactive dye for her brain scan shut down her kidneys, and the dye study of her kidneys overloaded her heart, and the medication for her heart made her vomit, which altered her electrolyte balance in a life-threatening way, which increased her dementia and shut down her bowel, which made her eligible for the bowel run, the cleanout for which dehydrated her and really shut down her tormented kidneys, which led to infection, the need for dialysis, and big-time complications of these big-time diseases.
The training, like the training for patrol dogs, was one of repetition and progression.
Every fact is an incident, unforeseeable and incalculable, but the inner progression of a life is destined, and works itself out through the facts, is helped or hindered by them, overcomes them, or succumbs to them.
And there is nothing undesigned, nothing of chance, in all the process: all is one scheme of differentiation, starting from the Firsts and working itself out in a continuous progression of Kinds.
He walked on all fours, the mode of progression resembling that of a camel.
The Marchantiales form an obviously natural evolutionary group, and the same is probably true of the Jungermanniales, although in neither case can the partial lines of progression within the main groups be said to be quite clear.