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Webster 1913 Edition

Ascent

As-cent′

.
[Formed like
descent
, as if from a F.
ascente
, fr. a verb
ascendre
, fr. L.
ascendere
. See
Ascend
,
Descent
.]
1.
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward;
as, he made a tedious
ascent
; the
ascent
of vapors from the earth.
To him with swift
ascent
he up returned.
Milton.
2.
The way or means by which one ascends.
3.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
Addison.
4.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ascent

ASCENT'

,
Noun.
[L. ascensus.]
1.
The act of rising; motion upwards, whether in air, water or other fluid, or on elevated objects; rise; a mounting upwards; as the ascent of vapors from the earth.
2.
The way by which one ascends; the means of ascending.
3.
An eminence, hill or high place.
4.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
5.
Acclivity; the rise of a hill; as a steep ascent.

Definition 2024

ascent

ascent

English

Noun

ascent ‎(plural ascents)

  1. The act of ascending. A motion upwards.
    He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
  2. The way or means by which one ascends.
    There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
  3. An eminence, hill, or high place.
  4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
    The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.
  5. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
  6. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
      That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

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