Progression may refer to:
In mathematics:
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Arithmetic progression
An arithmetic progression or arithmetic sequence () is a sequence of numbers such that the difference between the consecutive terms is constant. For instance, the sequence 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, . . . is an arithmetic progression with a common differ ...
, sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
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Geometric progression
In mathematics, a geometric progression, also known as a geometric sequence, is a sequence of non-zero numbers where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed, non-zero number called the ''common ratio''. For e ...
, sequence of numbers such that the quotient of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant
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Harmonic progression (mathematics)
In mathematics, a harmonic progression (or harmonic sequence) is a progression formed by taking the reciprocals of an arithmetic progression.
Equivalently, a sequence is a harmonic progression when each term is the harmonic mean of the neighbo ...
, sequence of numbers such that their reciprocals form an arithmetic progression
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Chord progression
In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Chord progressions are the foundation of harmony in Western musical tradition from the common practice ...
, series of chords played in order
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Backdoor progression
In jazz and jazz harmony, the chord progression from iv7 to VII7 to I (the tonic or "home" chord) has been nicknamed the backdoor progressionCoker, Jerry (1997). ''Elements of the Jazz Language for the Developing Improvisor'', p.82. . "Back Door ...
, the cadential chord progression from iv7 to I, or flat-VII7 to I in jazz music theory
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Omnibus progression, sequence of chords which effectively divides the octave into 4 equal parts
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Ragtime progression, chord progression typical of ragtime music and parlour music genres
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Progression, music software for guitarists
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Progression'', Markus Schulz's second Artist Album, released in 2007
In other fields:
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Age progression
Age progression is the process of modifying a photograph of a person to represent the effect of aging on their appearance. Digital image processing is the most common technique today, although sometimes artists' drawings are used. Age progressi ...
, the process of modifying a photograph of a person to represent the effect of aging on their appearance
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Cisternal progression, theory of protein transport through the Golgi apparatus inside a cell
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Color progression
In color science, a color gradient specifies a range of position-dependent colors, usually used to fill a region.
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A color gradient is also known as a color ramp or a color progression. In assigning colors to a set of values, a gradie ...
, ranges of color whose values transition smoothly through a hue, saturation, luminance, or any combination of the three
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Horizontal progression
In Western handwriting, horizontal progression is the gradual movement from left to right during writing a line of text. In Hebrew and Arabic writing systems, the movement is from right to left.
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Graphonomics is the inte ...
, the gradual movement from left to right during writing a line of text in Western handwriting
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progressive tax
A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.Sommerfeld, Ray M., Silvia A. Madeo, Kenneth E. Anderson, Betty R. Jackson (1992), ''Concepts of Taxation'', Dryden Press: Fort Worth, TX The term ''progre ...
is a tax by which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases
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Semantic progression
Semantic change (also semantic shift, semantic progression, semantic development, or semantic drift) is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from ...
, evolution of word usage
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Educational progression
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. V ...
, an individual's movement through stages of
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...
and/or
training
Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or Physical fitness, fitness that relate to specific practicality, useful Competence (human resources), competencies. Training has specific goals of improving on ...
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Progress tracking in video games
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Astrological progression
Astrological progressions are one of the main means used in Horoscopic astrology to forecast future trends and developments (the other means is transits, which are simply the ongoing movements of the planets across the sky). As its name implies, ...
, used in
Horoscopic astrology
Horoscopic astrology is a form of astrology that uses a horoscope, a visual representation of the heavens, for a specific moment in time in order to interpret the inherent meaning underlying the alignment of the planets in astrology, planets at th ...
to forecast future trends and developments.
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Progress (disambiguation)
Progress is advancement to a higher or more developed state.
Progress or PROGRESS may also refer to:
Architecture
* Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, in Raleigh, North Carolina
* Progress Energy Park, a baseball stadium in St. P ...
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