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Webster 1913 Edition
Ascending
As-cend′ing
,Adj.
Rising; moving upward;
– as, an
. ascending
kiteAs-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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ascending
ASCEND'ING
,ppr.
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
- present participle of ascend
Noun
ascending (plural ascendings)
- An ascent.
- continual ascendings and descendings