Ascent vs. Descent
Ascentnoun
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
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The way or means by which one ascends.
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An eminence, hill, or high place.
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The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
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(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
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An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
Ascent
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
Ascent
The way or means by which one ascends.
Ascent
An eminence, hill, or high place.
Ascent
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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an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
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a movement upward;
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the act of changing location in an upward direction
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a climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill
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an upward slope or path that one may walk or climb
Ascentnoun
an instance of rising or moving up through the air
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a rise to a higher social or professional rank
Descentnoun
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
Descentnoun
A way down.
Descentnoun
A sloping passage or incline.
Descentnoun
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
Descentnoun
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. en
Descentnoun
A falling upon or invasion.
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(topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
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Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
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Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
Descentnoun
Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
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Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
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Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
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That which is descended; descendants; issue.
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A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
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Lowest place; extreme downward place.
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a movement downward
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properties attributable to your ancestry;
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the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Descentnoun
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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a downward slope or bend
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the descendants of one individual;
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an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling
Descentnoun
a downward slope
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a moral, social, or psychological decline
Descentnoun
the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality
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the transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance.
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a sudden violent attack
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an unexpected visit
