Look up: Ascent

1. ascent
   A font’s maximum distance above the baseline.
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2. ascent
   [n] - an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
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3. ascent
   For a given font, its maximum distance above the baseline.
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4. Ascent
   As·cent' [ Formed like descent , as if from a French ascente , from a verb ascendre , from Latin ascendere . See Ascend , Descent .] 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious asce...
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5. ascent
   acclivity noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road); `the car couldn`t make it up the rise`
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6. Ascent
   • An eminence, hill, or high place. • The way or means by which one ascends. • The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. • The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; ...
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7. ascent
   ascent (uh SENT) 1. A rising or climbing; an upward movement; ascension, climb, climbing, rise, rising: 'The construction worker made a careful ascent up to the roof of the building.' 2. Incline, slope: 'The road made a sharp ascent to the top of the hill.' 3. Advancement, advance, rise, progress, progression, ascension: 'We were amazed ...
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8. ascent
   
   • an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   • a movement upward
   • the act of changing location in an upward direction
   
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9. Ascent
   Going up into the clouds.
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10. Ascent
    (novel) `Ascent` is a novel published in 2007, written by Jed Mercurio. It follows the career of Yevgeni Yeremin, an orphan of Stalingrad, from his days as a MiG-15 pilot in the Korean War, where he becomes a leading ace. However, at the end of the war he crashes in a plane bearing USS...
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11. Ascent
    (magazine) `ascent` is an independent, not-for-profit magazine published quarterly that explores the intersection of spiritual values with social and political issues, art, culture and contemporary thought. ascent also publishes a website, a blog, books, and holds an annual retr...
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12. Ascent
    (journal) `Ascent` is an American literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies. The journal is based at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. The journal was originally founded at the University of Illi...
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