descending node

1. 1.

   the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south

   Antonymsascending node

   Broadernode

Questions about descending node

What does descending node mean?

descending node means "the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south".

What is the opposite of descending node?

The recorded antonyms are ascending node.

Is descending node a common word?

descending node is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.