One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.

Letter L is a descendant of letter M if M is an ancestor of L.

One who descends from another; one's child, offspring.

the cusp of the seventh house of the astrology chart. this point is directly opposite the ascendant.

a member at any level below a parent

descendant node of any node A is any node below A in a tree model, where "below" means "away from the root."

descendant node of any node A is any node below A in a tree model of a document, where "above" means "toward the root."

In a rooted tree, a descendant of vertex v is any vertex w whose path from the root contains v.

(de•scen•dant) n. – a person whose ancestry can be traced to a particular person or group.

one whose ancestry can be traced to a particular individual

A person born into a particular family.

one who is descended, however remotely, from another

Describes a species or taxon that has evolved from another species or from within a taxon.

all elements that are directly enclosed within another element.