different between progression vs turtling

English

Etymology

From Old French progression.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????????n/

Noun

progression (countable and uncountable, plural progressions)

1. The act of moving from one thing to another.
2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
   • 2003,T.H. Jafar, et al.. Annals of Internal Medicine 139: 244-252.

     The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.

3. (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
4. Development, increase, evolution.
5. (music) chord progression
6. (exercise) The making an exercise more exerting by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

Antonyms

• regress
• retrogression

Synonyms

• (mathematics): sequence

Derived terms

Related terms

• progress

Translations

Finnish

Noun

progression

1. Genitive singular form of progressio.

French

Etymology

From Latin progressionem (accusative of progressio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.???.sj??/

Noun

progression f (plural progressions)

1. progression

Further reading

• “progression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology 1

turtle +? -ing

Noun

turtling (uncountable)

1. The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
2. (nautical) Turning turtle.
3. (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
4. (games (board, card, and computer)) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.

Verb

turtling

1. present participle of turtle

Etymology 2

From turtle +? -ling.

Noun

turtling (plural turtlings)

1. A baby turtle.
   • 1997, in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64,^[1] page 94:

     The turtle-lings, kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.

   • 2012, Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil:

     Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.

Anagrams

• ruttling