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'Descent' may refer to:
In 'film':

★ ''The Descent'', a horror film

★ ''The Descent 2'', the upcoming sequel to the Neil Marshall film, ''The Descent''

★ ''Descent'', a thriller film starring Rosario Dawson

★ ''Descent'', a television film on the Sci-Fi Channel
In 'gaming':

★ ''Descent'' (computer game), the first game in a series of a 3D first-person shooter computer games developed by Parallax Software and Outrage Entertainment, best known for introducing 6DOF movement.
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★ ''Descent II'', originally planned as an expansion but ending up becoming the sequel to ''Descent''. It retained the same game engine but benefited from enhancements with the use of true 3D rendering technology.
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★ ''Descent³'', the sequel to ''Descent II'' which featured a new game engine with graphical techniques like portal rendering, procedural texturing and advanced lighting. It was the final game in the series.
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★ '', a computer game series developed by Volition Inc, one of the succeeding developers after Parallax split up. "Descent" was used mainly for naming purposes as "FreeSpace" was trademarked, and despite the initial planned storyline crossover, has nothing to do with the ''Descent'' 6DOF series.

★ '', a board game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005
In 'literature':

★ ''The Descent'' (novel), a novel by author Jeff Long
In 'science':

★ Common descent, concept in evolutionary biology

★ Kinship and descent, one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology
In 'television':

★ "Descent" (''The Outer Limits''), the name of an episode of the science fiction tv series''The Outer Limits''

★ "Descent" (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode of the science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''

★ "Descent" (''TNG'' episode), a two-part episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
In 'other fields':

★ Descent (aircraft), the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight

★ Descent (category theory), a very general idea in mathematics, extending the intuitive idea of 'gluing' in topology

★ Descent (font), the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography