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as⋅cent
[uh-sent] 
–noun
| 1. | an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon. |
| 2. | movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement: His ascent to the governorship came after a long political career. |
| 3. | the act of climbing or traveling up: Three climbers attempted the ascent of Mount Rainier. |
| 4. | the way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity. |
| 5. | a movement or return toward a source or beginning. |
| 6. | the degree of inclination; gradient: a steep ascent. |
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| as·cent (ə-sěnt') n.
[From ascend, on the model of descent.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : ascent
Spanish:
ascensión,
German:
die Besteigung,
Japanese:
登り
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