ascensional difference

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ascensional difference - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ascensional \As*cen"sion*al\, a.
     Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive;
     tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.
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     Ascensional difference (Astron.), the difference between
        oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing
        the difference between the time of the rising or setting
        of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian
        passage.
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  Difference \Dif"fer*ence\, n. [F. diff['e]rence, L.
     differentia.]
     1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being
        different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity;
        unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in
        paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what
        is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?
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              Differencies of administration, but the same Lord.
                                                    --1 Cor. xii.
                                                    5.
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     2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel;
        hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.
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              What was the difference? It was a contention in
              public.                               --Shak.
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              Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving
              the old warden and the young constable to compose
              their difference as they could.       --T. Ellwood.
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     3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which
        distinguishes or causes to differ; mark of distinction;
        characteristic quality; specific attribute.
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              The marks and differences of sovereignty. --Davies.
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     4. Choice; preference. [Obs.]
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              That now he chooseth with vile difference
              To be a beast, and lack intelligence. --Spenser.
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     5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the
        bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the
        same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under
        Cadency.
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     6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those
        of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
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     7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from
        another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one
        from the other.
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     Ascensional difference. See under Ascensional.
  
     Syn: Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation;
          diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance;
          contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate;
          quarrel; wrangle; strife.
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