What does "ascensional" mean?
Relating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending.
Ascensional
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Relating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending.
- Grammar: ascensional is listed as adj.
- Nearest alternatives: ascendant, ascending, climbing, leaping.
- Usage evidence: The ascensional power of this balloon was very great, and being set loose in Paris, it rose with great rapidity, and at the end of four minutes had reached a height of nearly a thousand yards, when it was lost sight of by entering a cloud.
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending. not-comparable
"The ascensional power of this balloon was very great, and being set loose in Paris, it rose with great rapidity, and at the end of four minutes had reached a height of nearly a thousand yards, when it was lost sight of by entering a cloud."
- 2 Pertaining to an increase in status or power. not-comparable
"Two aspects will be examined here: i – Period of change from colono (or employee) status, that is, the length of time this initial status is retained; ii – Period of ascensional change from colono (or employee) status, that is the length of time required to become independent, or, in other words, to rise to the status of self-employed farmer (renter or owner-farmer) or self-employed non-farmer (worker on own account or employer)."
- 3 Pertaining to an increase in clarity and understanding. not-comparable
"The Neoplatonic scholars had concluded that man's path goes through several stages of knowledge in an ascensional direction."
- 4 Pertaining to progress or improvement. not-comparable
"To begin with, both models see social change as evolutionary and as an 'ascensional spiral towards progress.'"
- 5 Pertaining to the achievement of a higher spiritual state. not-comparable
"As for magic beliefs, whether the progress of knowledge restrains the possibility of their growth, whether they belong to outdated periods of the ascensional march of humanity toward more enlightenment, they are obliged to wrap themselves in mystery in order to draw souls through fear and spread only among few followers."
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- 6 Pertaining to right ascension and/or oblique ascension. not-comparable
"The ascensional difference is the difference in degrees between the right ascension and either the oblique ascension, or oblique descension; and with respect to the sun, the ascensional difference is the time that he rises before six o'clock in summer, or sets before six in winter."
Adjective
- 1 tending to rise wordnet
Example
"The ascensional power of this balloon was very great, and being set loose in Paris, it rose with great rapidity, and at the end of four minutes had reached a height of nearly a thousand yards, when it was lost sight of by entering a cloud."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ascensional"?
Common synonyms include: ascendant, ascending, climbing, leaping, mounting, rampant.
How do you use "ascensional" in a sentence?
The ascensional power of this balloon was very great, and being set loose in Paris, it rose with great rapidity, and at the end of four minutes had reached a height of nearly a thousand yards, when it was lost sight of by entering a cloud.
Etymology
From ascension + -al.