progression

1 a series with a definite pattern of advance [syn: patterned advance]

2 a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, advance]

3 the act of moving forward toward a goal [syn: progress, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion]

English

Etymology

From progression.

Noun

1. Moving from one thing to another.

Synonyms

• sequence (mathematics)

Derived terms

• arithmetic progression
• geometric progression

Related terms

• progress

Translations

• Czech: posloupnost (mathematics)
• Finnish: edistyminen
• French: progression

Finnish

Noun

progression

French

Etymology

From progressionem (nominative of progressio)

Noun

progression

1. progression

Progression may refer to:

In mathematics:

• Arithmetic progression, sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
• Geometric progression, sequence of numbers such that the quotient of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant

In music:

• Chord progression, series of chords played in order
  • Backdoor progression, the cadential chord progression from iv7 to I, or flat-VII7 to I in jazz music theory
  • Omnibus progression, sequence of chords which effectively divides the octave into 4 equal parts
  • Ragtime progression, chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres

In other fields:

• Age progression, the process of modifying a photograph of a person to represent the effect of aging on their appearance
• Cisternal progression, theory of protein transport through the Golgi apparatus inside a cell
• Color progression, ranges of color whose values transition smoothly through a hue, saturation, luminance, or any combination of the three
• Horizontal progression, the gradual movement from left to right during writing a line of text in Western handwriting
• Semantic progression, evolution of word usage

See also

• Progress

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