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Ascending

Ascending Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ascending? [n] the act of changing location in an upward direction Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ascending: ascension \| ascent \| rise Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ascending: acclinate \| acclivitous \| aerial \| airy \| altitudinous \| anabatic \| ascendant \| ascensional \| ascensive \| aspiring \| axial \| back \| back-flowing \| backward \| climbing \| colossal \| descending \| dominating \| down-trending \| downward \| drifting \| elevated \| eminent \| ethereal \| exalted \| flowing \| fluent \| flying \| going \| gyrational \| gyratory \| haughty \| high \| high-pitched \| high-reaching \| high-set \| high-up \| in the ascendant \| leaping \| lofty \| monumental \| mounting \| Olympian \| outtopping \| overlooking \| overtopping \| passing \| plunging \| progressive \| prominent \| rampant \| rearing \| reflowing \| refluent \| regressive \| retrogressive \| rising \| rotary \| rotational \| rotatory \| running \| rushing \| saltatory \| scandent \| scansorial \| sideward \| sinking \| skyrocketing \| soaring \| spiraling \| spiring \| springing \| steep \| streaming \| sublime \| superlative \| supernal \| topless \| toplofty \| topping \| towering \| towery \| uparching \| upcoming \| upgoing \| upgrade \| uphill \| uphillward \| uplifted \| upreared \| uprising \| upsloping \| up-trending \| upward \| upwith See Also \| climb \| heave \| heaving \| levitation \| motion \| mount \| move \| movement \| soar \| zoom Ascending In Webster's Dictionary \Ascend"ing\, a. Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- {Ascend"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.

Ascending Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ascending?

[n] the act of changing location in an upward direction

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ascending: ascension | ascent | rise

Ascending In Webster's Dictionary

\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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