Words Containing Ascent
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Definition of ascent
- - The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward;
as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
- - The way or means by which one ascends.
- - An eminence, hill, or high place.
- - 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.
- - The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward;
as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
- - The way or means by which one ascends.
- - An eminence, hill, or high place.
- - 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.