progression

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.

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pro·gression·al adj.

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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

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progression  (pr-grshn)

See sequence.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	progression - a series with a definite pattern of advance patterned 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" advance, progress 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) forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, procession, advance 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"

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progression

noun 1. progress, advance, advancement, gain, headway, furtherance, movement forward

noun 2. sequence, course, order, series, chain, cycle, string, succession

Translations

progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] n → progresión f

progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] n → progression f

progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] progress n (= development) → Fortschritt m, Entwicklung f (= series); Folge f

progression [prəˈgrɛʃən] n → progressione f