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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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Xylogen :: Xylogen (n.) Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.

Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

Renascent :: Renascent (a.) See Renaissant.

Still :: Still (n.) A steep hill or ascent.

Violascent :: Violascent (a.) Violescent.

Grade :: Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

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..

Steep :: Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient..

Ascent :: Ascent () An eminence, hill, or high place..

Capnomancy :: Capnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Ascent; height; elevation.

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..

Uprising :: Uprising (n.) Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent..

Source :: Source (n.) The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

Renascence :: Renascence (n.) The state of being renascent.

Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road..

Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.

Acclivity :: Acclivity (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent..