Look up: ascending

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   ascending
   a melodic line that goes upward in pitch. Related terms: arch, descending.
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   Ascending
   Rising upward gradually from a prostrate base.
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   ascending
   a) the point at which a planet, planetoid, or comet crosses to the north side of the ecliptic; b) the point at which a satellite crosses to the north side of the equatorial plane of its primary Category: News-systems and communications • point at which the orbit of a satellite intersects the principal reference plane,the third co-ordinate of the satellite being increasing on passing th...
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   Ascending
   As·cend'ing adjective Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend'ing*ly , adverb 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, grandfat ...
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   ascending
   Rising or curving upward. ... <botany> Growing erect after an oblique or semi-horizontal beginning. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   Ascending
   `Ascending` is a science fiction novel by the Canadian writer James Alan Gardner, published in 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints. It is the fifth novel in Gardner's League of Peoples series, and a direct sequel to the first novel in the series, `Expendable` (1997), in that it picks up the dual story of Festina Ramos, Explorer turned admiral, and the transparent glass woman Oar, where the earlier novel left off.
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   Ascending
   • (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascend
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   ascending
   directed upwards at a rather narrow angle, curving upwards.
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   ascending
   
   1. the act of changing location in an upward direction
   2. travel up
   3. go back in order of genealogical succession
   4. become king or queen
   5. go along towards (a river's) source
   6. slope upwards
   7. come up, of celestial bodies
   
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