Ascent

  • 21ascent — as•cent [[t]əˈsɛnt[/t]] n. 1) the act of ascending; a rising or climbing movement 2) movement upward from a lower to a higher state, degree, grade, or status; advancement 3) a way or means of ascending; upward slope; acclivity 4) the degree of… …

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  • 22ascent — n. 1 the act or an instance of ascending. 2 a an upward movement or rise. b advancement or progress (the ascent of man). 3 a way by which one may ascend; an upward slope. Etymology: ASCEND, after descent …

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  • 23Ascent (novel) — Ascent is a novel published in 2007, written by Jed Mercurio. It follows the career of Yevgeni Yeremin, an orphan of Stalingrad, from his days as a MiG 15 pilot in the Korean War, where he becomes a leading ace. However, at the end of the war he… …

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  • 24ascent / assent —    Ascent is an upward movement, physical or abstract: Leo s ascent to the presidency of the company came slowly.    Assent means to agree to : Greta could not begin the project unless management assented …

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  • 25ascent / assent —    Ascent is an upward movement, physical or abstract: Leo s ascent to the presidency of the company came slowly.    Assent means to agree to : Greta could not begin the project unless management assented …

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  • 26Ascent Media — Infobox Company name = Ascent Media Group LLC type = subsidiary foundation = 1999 via three way merger location = Santa Monica, California industry = post production, broadcast media parent = Discovery Holding Company homepage =… …

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  • 27Ascent (magazine) — Infobox Magazine title =ascent image size =250px image caption = ascent s current issue (Summer 2008) editor =Roseanne Harvey editor title =Editor frequency =Quarterly circulation = N/A category =yoga magazine company =Yasodhara Ashram Society… …

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  • 28Ascent Solar — Infobox Company company name = Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. company company type = Public (nasdaq|ASTI) company slogan = foundation = 2005 location city = Littleton, Colorado location country = USA key people = Mohan S. Misra, Ph. D., Interim… …

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  • 29Ascent of Mont Ventoux — The Italian poet Petrarch wrote a well known letter about his Ascent of Mont Ventoux on April 26 1336, written around 1350, which he published as one of his Epistolae familiares (IV, 1). In this letter, Petrarch claimed to be the first since… …

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  • 30Ascent of sap — Xylem is a compound tissue consisting of two kinds of elements,xylem vessels and tracheids which help in conducting water and minerals dissolved in water from roots to upper parts of plant.Both vessels n tracheid are non living plant tissues and… …

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