Meaning of ASCENDING
| Pronunciation: | | u'sending
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of changing location in an upward direction |
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| | Synonyms: | | ascension, ascent, rise |
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| | See Also: | | climb, heave, heaving, levitation, motion, mount, move, movement, soar, zoom | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Ascending
The last of a virtually indestructible race of genetically altered humans faced with the coming of the catatonic torpor that has claimed the others of her kind, Oar must search for the powerful unknown enemies seeking her destruction and must come to the aid of a fiendish intergalactic conspiracy before it is too late. Original. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As*cend"ing\, a.
Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. --
{As*cend"ing*ly}, adv.
{Ascending latitude} (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a
planet. --Ferguson.
{Ascending line} (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced
backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and
mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line
direct ascending.
{Ascending node} having, that node of the moon or a planet
wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is
also called the {northern node}. --Herschel.
{Ascending series}. (Math.)
(a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a
quantity.
(b) A series in which each term is greater than the
preceding.
{Ascending signs}, signs east of the meridian.
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- In botany terminology : growing erect after an oblique or semi-horizontal beginning.
- Rising or curving upward.
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