Definition of ascent

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Ascent () The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees..

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Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ..
Steep-down :: Steep (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice..
Renascence :: Renascence (n.) The state of being renascent.
Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..
Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
Dermatogen :: Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition..
Violescent :: Violescent (a.) Tending to a violet color; violascent.
Subnect :: Subnascent (a.) Growing underneath.
Ladder :: Ladder (v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps..
Dermatogen :: Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition..
Declivity :: Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity..
Enascent :: Enascent (a.) Coming into being; nascent.
Depascent :: Depascent (a.) Feeding.
Renascent :: Renascent (a.) Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced..
Adnascent :: Adnascent (a.) Growing to or on something else.
Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Evolving; being evolved or produced.
Ascent :: Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth..
Nascency :: Nascency (n.) State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Periblem :: Periblem (n.) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark..
Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
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