Definition of Ascendeng
As*cend"ing, a. Rising; moving upward;
as, an ascending kite. -- As*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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Present participle of to ascend.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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