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Webster 1913 Edition

Ascending

As-cend′ing

,
Adj.
Rising; moving upward;
as, an
ascending
kite
.
–
As-cend′ing-ly
,
adv.
Ascending latitude
(Astron.)
,
the increasing latitude of a planet.
Ferguson.
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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.
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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.
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Ascending signs
,
signs east of the meridian.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ascending

ASCEND'ING

,
ppr.
Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from modern to ancient, from grave to more acute. A star is said to be ascending, when rising above the horizon, in any parallel of the equator.
Ascending latitude is the latitude of a planet, when moving towards the North pole.
Ascending node is that point of a planet's orbit, wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node.
Ascending vessels, in anatomy, are those which carry the blood upward or toward the superior parts of the body.

Definition 2024

ascending

ascending

English

Verb

ascending

  1. present participle of ascend

Noun

ascending ‎(plural ascendings)

  1. An ascent.
    continual ascendings and descendings

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