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Progression

Progression (progression)
n.(?)
Pro*gres"sion
[L. progressio: cf. F. progression.]

  1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.
  2. 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.

  3. Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
  4. 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 ***lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2***rbrace2] 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 ½, ¼, ***frac16], ***frac18], ***frac1x10].














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