Word Finder - ascent

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The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

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He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.

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The way or means by which one ascends.

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There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.

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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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The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.

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The ascender height in a typeface.

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An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

The temperature was in the high teens but as the sun began its ascent it felt far warmer.

The ascent of Fuji presents no difficulties.

The ascent of Ben Ledi is commonly made from the town.

I nodded my ascent.

Pilatre de Rozier, whom he accompanied in a balloon ascent in 1784.

The second plateau, reached by a steep ascent, has an elevation of from nearly 4000 to fully 5000 ft.

The ascent is best undertaken in summer or autumn.

The ascent to the plateaus is generally by three tiers of hills rising one behind the other.

The Japanese regard it as a sacred mountain, and numbers of pilgrims make the ascent in midsummer.

He had twelve disciples, who after His ascent into heaven went forth into the provinces of the world and taught His greatness; whence they who at this day believe their preaching are called Christians."

The summit ascent will normally be undertaken in near freezing temperatures (Even colder with wind chill).

He turned to Howie who nodded his ascent.

The most convenient starting-point for the ascent is Assergi, To m.

Oyster Professional Explorer - It was created exclusively for the ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by John Hunt and his team of climbers.

He turned and without hesitation, began the short ascent to the mine without even inquiring about directions.

Something else caught, and their ascent stopped suddenly, slamming her against the harness and knocking the breath from her.

These forces however fail to furnish a complete explanation of the ascent of the current, and others have been thought to supplement them, which have more or less weight.

This was a candle of very large dimensions, set in a candlestick big enough to hold it, which was usually placed on the north side, just below the first ascent to the high altar.

From the gas-equation in general, in the atmosphere n d dp _ I dp 1 de _ d0 de i de (8) z p dz-edz-p-edz-k-edz' which is positive, and the density p diminishes with the ascent, provided the temperature-gradient de/dz does not exceed elk.

He continued the ascent of the Parana as far as the rapids of Apipe, and finding his course barred in this direction, he afterwards explored the river Paraguay, which he mounted as far as the mouth of the affluent called by the Indians Lepeti, now the river Bermejo.

The ascent of the Sadlen or the Tyven in the neighbourhood is usually undertaken by travellers for the view of the barren, snow-clad Arctic landscape, the bluff indented coast, and the vast expanse of the Arctic Ocean.

The ascent of the Hoher Goll is made from here.

He began first a short ascent, then a drop to a sharp curve he nearly missed, causing him to reduce his speed further.

Khulasa, " Quintessence"), or according to its fuller title `Enyaneuderashed'mabutha umassektha (" Songs and Discourses of Baptism and the Ascent," viz.

The ascent of the Cameroon mountain was first attempted by Joseph Merrick of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1847; but it was not till 186r that the summit was gained, when the ascent was made by Sir Richard Burton, Gustav Mann, a noted botanist, and Senor Calvo.

The first winter ascent of the gully remains unknown.

The ascent of the mountain from Wynberg by Hout's Bay Nek is practicable for horses.

The ascent was first made in 1794 by Orazio Delfico from the Teramo side.

The Indian flying-squirrel (P. oral) leaps with its parachute extended from the higher branches of a tree, and descends first directly and then more and more obliquely, until the flight, gradually becoming slower, assumes a horizontal direction, and finally terminates in an ascent to the branch or trunk of the tree to which it was directed.

The ascent from Chamonix is now frequently made in summer (rarely in winter also), but, owing to the great height of the mountain, the view is unsatisfactory, though very extensive (Lyons is visible).

To mitigate a steep ascent, a central carriage-way, 200 yds, long, is cut along the main street to a depth of 15 ft., the opposite terraces being connected by a bridge.

The Ascent of Water in Trees.The supply of water to the peripheral protoplasts of a tree is consequently of the first importance.

These are places where the mode of travelling or of transport is changed, such as seaports, river ports and railway termini, or natural resting-places, such as a ford, the foot of a steep ascent on a road, the entrance of a valley leading up from a plain into the mountains, or a crossing-place of roads or railways.'

Following on this first experiment, the East India Company, in 1841, proposed to maintain a permanent flotilla on the Tigris and Euphrates, and set two vessels, the " Nitocris " and the " Nimrod," under the command of Captain Campbell of the Indian navy, to attempt the ascent of the latter river.

In 1827 he discovered the modern ascent of Mont Blanc. After the death of his mother in 1832 he passed the greater portion of his time in Italy, Greece and the Levant.

The ascent of Popocatepetl is made on the northeastern slope, where rough roads are kept open by sulphur carriers and timber cutters.

The first ascent was made in 1786 by two Chamonix men, Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel Paccard, and the second in 1787 by Balmat with two local men.

The ascent is usually made from Castleton of Braemar, by way of the Linn of Dee, Glen Lui and Glen Derry.

Westward of Berbera the ascent to the high country is not so abrupt as in the east but is made by several steps, the mountains forming a chaotic mass.

The bridle road up the mountain leaves Glen Nevis at Achintee; it has a gradient nowhere exceeding 1 in 5, and the ascent is commonly effected in two to three hours.

The latter with at least 50,000 men was marching in two columns, and ought therefore to have delivered its men into line of battle twice as fast as the French, who had to deploy from a single issue, and whose columns had opened out in the passage of the Kosen defile and the long ascent of the plateau above.

The harbour town is Adamanta; from this there is an ascent to the plateau above the harbour, on which are situated Plaka, the chief town, and Kastro, rising on a hill above it, and other villages.

The exploration of the river followed the ascent of the White Nile by the Egyptian expeditions of 1839-1842.

The ascent of water is most rapid through coarse sands, but the height to which it will rise is comparatively small.

So gentle is the incline of the hills that in driving over the wellconstructed roads the ascent is scarcely noticeable.

A traveller can reach the usual point of departure, Gotemba, by rail from Yokohama, and thence the ascent and descent may be made in one day by a pedestrian.

Koiµnvcs or dvhXmlics is a festival of the Christian Church celebrated on the 15th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous ascent into heaven of the mother of Christ.

In building the fortress of Sacsahuaman, heights had to be scaled; in Tiahuanaco stones weighing 4 00 tons were carried seventeen miles; in the edifices of 011antaytambo not only were large stones hauled up an ascent, but were fitted perfectly.

The third 4= 5 X Z X z or ascent through an interval 4, which has no special name, and a descent through two octaves, and so on.

Christ flew upward with his mother, and in their ascent a spark of light fell on the waters as Sophia.