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Definition of progressional - 3 dictionary results

pro⋅gres⋅sion

  [pruh-gresh-uhn]
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–noun
1. the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
2. a passing successively from one member of a series to the next; succession; sequence.
3. Mathematics. a succession of quantities in which there is a constant relation between each member and the one succeeding it. Compare arithmetic progression, geometric progression, harmonic progression.
4. Music. the manner in which chords or melodic tones follow one another; a succession of chords or tones.
5. Astrology. any of a variety of methods of comparing the natal chart to subsequent planetary positions in order to establish an optimum time to accomplish things or to establish the probable time an event occurred or will occur.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L prōgressiōn- (s. of prōgressiō). See progress, -ion

Related forms:
pro⋅gres⋅sion⋅al, adjective
pro⋅gres⋅sion⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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pro·gres·sion   (prə-grěsh'ən)   
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

    1. A succession of tones or chords.

    2. A series of repetitions of a phrase, each in a new position on the scale.

pro·gres'sion·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

progression 
c.1440, "action of moving forward," from O.Fr. progression (1425), from L. progressionem (nom. progressio) "a going forward," from progressus, pp. of progredi "go forward," from pro- "forward" + gradi "to step, walk," from gradus "step" (see grade).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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