ASCENT', n. L. ascensus.
1. The act of rising motion upwards, whether in air, water or other fluid, or on elevated objects rise a mounting upwards as the ascent of vapors from the earth.
2. The way by which one ascends the means of ascending.
3. An eminence, hill or high place.
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
5. Acclivity the rise of a hill as a steep ascent.
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