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progression

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pro·gres·sion  (pr-grshn)
n.
1. The process of progressing; progress.
2. Movement from one member of a continuous series to the next.
3. A continuous series; a sequence. See Synonyms at series.
4. Mathematics A series of numbers or quantities in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it.
5. Music
a. A succession of tones or chords.
b. A series of repetitions of a phrase, each in a new position on the scale.

pro·gression·al adj.

progression
Noun
1. the act of progressing; advancement
2. the act or an instance of moving from one thing in a sequence to the next
3. Maths a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a fixed ratio

progression  (pr-grshn)
See sequence.
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Noun1.progression - a series with a definite pattern of advance
series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
arithmetic progression - (mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term; "1-4-7-10-13- is the start of an arithmetic progression"
geometric progression - (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term; "1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression"
harmonic progression - (mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression
2.progression - a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
headway, head - forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"
3.progression - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
push - an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea"
career, life history - the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"
march - a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing - easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing"
leapfrog - advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors; "the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends"

progression
noun 1. progress, advance, advancement, gain, headway, furtherance, movement forward
Translations
Spanish progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] nprogresión f
French progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] nprogression f
German progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] progress n (= development) → Fortschritt m, Entwicklung f (= series); Folge f
Italian progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] nprogressione f

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Only when we have admitted the conception of the infinitely small, and the resulting geometrical progression with a common ratio of one tenth, and have found the sum of this progression to infinity, do we reach a solution of the problem.
That's geometrical progression - you know how that piles up.
Consequently, as there is no Dimension behind a Point, a Point has 0 sides; a Line, if I may say, has 2 sides(for the Points of a Line may be called by courtesy, its sides); a Square has 4 sides; 0, 2, 4; what Progression do you call that?
 
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