As*cend"ing , a. Rising; moving upward; as, an
ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly,
adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line
(Geneol.), the line
of relationship traced backward or through one's
ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending. -- Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also
called the northern node. Herschel. -- Ascending series.
(Math.) (a)
A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term is greater than the preceding. -- Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian.
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