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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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..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Ascent :: Ascent () An eminence, hill, or high place..
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..
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road..
Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
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..
Subnect :: Subnascent (a.) Growing underneath.
Capnomancy :: Capnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Gradient :: Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Ascension :: Ascension (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day..
Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ..
Connascent :: Connascent (a.) Born together; produced at the same time.
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..
Depascent :: Depascent (a.) Feeding.
Dermatogen :: Dermatogen (n.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition..
Renascent :: Renascent (a.) Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced..
Ascent :: Ascent () The way or means by which one ascends.
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