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ascent

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ascent [ə′sent]
(aerospace engineering)
Motion of a craft in which the path is inclined upward with respect to the horizontal.
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My means of ascent and descent consist simply in dilating or contracting the gas that is in the balloon by the application of different temperatures, and here is the method of obtaining that result.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
According to his account, my unfortunate Ancestor, being afflicted with rheumatism, and in the act of being felt by a Polygon, by one sudden start accidentally transfixed the Great Man through the diagonal; and thereby, partly in consequence of his long imprisonment and degradation, and partly because of the moral shock which pervaded the whole of my Ancestor's relations, threw back our family a degree and a half in their ascent towards better things.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
There was no accumulation of fallen debris, forming a more or less rough ascent to them, as is the case with nearly all other cliffs I have ever seen.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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