nedåtgående

Nedåtgående is a Swedish adjective describing something that moves toward a lower position, level, or value. The term is a compound of nedåt (downward) andgående (going), and it is used for both physical movement and abstract quantities. It is a neutral descriptor and is commonly contrasted with uppåtgående, which refers to upward movement or increase. In everyday language it appears in phrases such as en nedåtgående trend, en nedåtgående kurva, eller priser som går nedåt, and it can describe directions as well as changes in numbers, conditions, or conditions over time.

In more technical contexts, nedåtgående is used in economics, statistics, and mathematics to denote a decrease or a downward progression. A downward trend implies that the measured values are generally falling over a period, while a downward-sloping curve describes a function or relationship that decreases as the independent variable increases. In mathematics, a function can be described as nedåtgående (monotone decreasing) on an interval if f(x1) ≥ f(x2) whenever x1 < x2, with strict nedåtgående meaning f(x1) > f(x2). The term is equally applicable to physical phenomena, such as a nedåtgående altitude or temperature change, depending on the context.

Grammatically, nedåtgående is an attributive adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies ("en nedåtgående trend," "den nedåtgående trenden"). See also uppåtgående for the opposite sense.