incumbent noun [C]. âº the âperson who has or had a âparticular âofficial âposition: the first/last/âprevious incumbent The âpresent incumbent (of the âpost) is âdue to âretire next âmonth. (Definition of incumbent from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
In music, a linear progression (Auskomponierungszug or Zug, abbreviated: Zg. ) is a passing note elaboration involving stepwise melodic motion in one direction between two harmonic tones.  The compositional unfolding of a specific interval, one of the intervals of the chord of nature.
Hypernyms (geometric progression is a kind of...): patterned advance; progression (a series with a definite pattern of advance). Domain category: math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement).eaning: (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term. Classified under: Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects. Context example: 1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression.