I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the
delices and joys of religion.
Evelyn.
3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of
numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the
parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to
key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or
decrease by equal differences, as the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6,
4, 2 by the difference 2.
-- Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase
or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32,
16, 8, 4, 2 by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
-- Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the
reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as Ω, º, , , .
Pro*gres"sion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to progression; tending to,
or capable of, progress.
Pro*gres"sion*ist, n.
1. One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward
perfection.
2. One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; --
opposed to uniformitarian. H. Spencer.
Prog"ress*ist (?), n. One who makes, or holds to, progress; a
progressionist.