ascent - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ascent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

Meaning of 'ascent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ascent

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

Example in sentence:

the car couldn't make it up the rise

Meaning (2):
- a movement upward

Example in sentence:

they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon

Nearby Words:

ascarid ascarides ascend ascendable ascendance ascendancy ascendant ascended ascendency ascendent

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Ascent phase
Ascent phase refers to that portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or space vehicle that begins after powered flight and ends just prior to apogee.

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