Ascending
51ascending node — noun the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north • Ant: ↑descending node • Hypernyms: ↑node * * * noun astronomy : the node passed as the body goes north * * * Astron. the node through which …
52ascending series — noun 1. : a mathematical series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity 2. : a mathematical series in which each term is greater than the preceding …
53ascending — ascendingly, adv. /euh sen ding/, adj. 1. moving upward; rising. 2. Bot. growing or directed upward, esp. obliquely or in a curve from the base. [1350 1400; ME; see ASCEND, ING2] * * * …
54ascending — Growing or directed upward [Butler, T.H.] …
55ascending — as·cend·ing (ə sendґing) having an upward course …
56ascending — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, acclinate, acclivitous, aerial, airy, altitudinous, anabatic, ascendant, ascensional, ascensive, aspiring, axial, back, back flowing, backward, climbing, colossal, descending, dominating, down trending,… …
57ascending — as cend·ing || dɪŋ adj. rising, going up, climbing, sloping upwards as·cend || É™ send v. climb, go up; rise up …
58ascending — Arched upwards in the lower part and becoming erect in the upper part; in cycads, used to describe the natural orientation of the most recent crown or flush of leaves (e.g. as in Encephalatos heenanii) or the exposed tip of microsporophylls… …
59ascending — as·cend·ing …
60ascending — as•cend•ing [[t]əˈsɛn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) moving upward; rising 2) bot Bot. growing or directed upward • Etymology: 1350–1400 …