Ascendant vs. Descendant
Ascendantadjective
Rising, moving upward.
Ascendantadjective
Surpassing or controlling.
Ascendantnoun
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
Ascendantnoun
An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
Ascendantnoun
(usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)
Ascendantnoun
Ascent; height; elevation.
Ascendantnoun
(astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Ascendantnoun
Ascent; height; elevation.
Ascendantnoun
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Ascendantnoun
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
Ascendantnoun
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; - opposed to descendant.
Ascendantadjective
Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
Ascendantadjective
Rising; ascending.
Ascendantadjective
Superior; surpassing; ruling.
Ascendantnoun
position or state of being dominant or in control;
Ascendantnoun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Ascendantadjective
tending or directed upward;
Ascendantadjective
most powerful or important or influential;
Ascendant
The ascendant (, Asc or As) is the astrological sign (and degree of that sign) that is ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to certain astrological theories, celestial phenomena reflect or influence human activity on the principle of 'as above, so below'.
Descendantadjective
descending from a biological ancestor.
Descendantadjective
proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
Descendantnoun
(literally) One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
Descendantnoun
(figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
Descendantnoun
(biology) A later evolutionary type.
Descendantnoun
(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
Descendantnoun
(linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
Descendantadjective
Descendent.
Descendantnoun
One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; - correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Descendantnoun
a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
Descendantadjective
going or coming down
