ascending line

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ascending line - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ascending \As*cend"ing\, a.
     Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. --
     As*cend"ing*ly, adv.
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     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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