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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 [prəˈgrɛʃən]
n
1. the act of progressing; advancement
2. the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next
3. (Mathematics) Maths a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation See also arithmetic progression, geometric progression, harmonic progression
4. (Music, other) Music movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next (melodic progression) or from one chord to the next (harmonic progression)
5. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Astrology) Astrology one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his life
progressional  adj
progressionally  adv

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 Both drugs slow the progression of HIV.
2. sequence, course, order, series, chain, cycle, string, succession the steady progression of events in my life
Translations
progression [prəˈgreʃən] N
1. [of disease, career] → evolución f; [of events] → desarrollo m
arithmetical/geometric progressionprogresión f aritmética/geométrica
her progression from awkward teenager to superstarsu evolución or paso de adolescente difícil a superestrella
it's a natural progressiones lógico
2. (Mus) → progresión f
chord progressionprogresión f de acordes
progression [prəʊˈgrɛʃən] n
(= advance) → progression f
Progression to the rank of supervisor is not automatic
BUT le passage au rang de superviseur n'est pas automatique.
progression from stage 1 to stage 2 → le passage du stade 1 au stade 2
(= graduated series) → évolution f
a progression of exercises → des exercices évolutifs
a natural progression → une évolution naturelle
(= development) [disease] → progression f
progression
nFolge f; (Math) → Reihe f, → Progression f; (Mus) → Sequenz f; (= development)Entwicklung f; (in taxation) → Progression f; (of discount rates etc) → Staffelung f; sales have shown a continuous progressionim Absatz wurde eine stete Aufwärtsentwicklung verzeichnet; his progression from a junior clerk to managing directorsein Aufstieg vom kleinen Angestellten zum Direktor; is there a natural progression from marijuana to heroin?ist das Umsteigen von Marihuana auf Heroin zwangsläufig?; a progression of …eine Folge or Reihe von …
progression [prəˈgrɛʃn] nprogresso (Math) → progressione f
arithmetic/geometric progression → progressione aritmetica/geometrica
progression [prəˈgrɛʃn] nprogresso (Math) → progressione f
arithmetic/geometric progression → progressione aritmetica/geometrica


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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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