Ascending
As·cend·ing
Ascending
a.
- Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
Phrases & Compounds
- Ascending latitude
- the increasing latitude of a planet.
- Ascending line
- 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.
- Ascending series
- A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity.
- Ascending signs
- signs east of the meridian.