English-Thai Dictionary

ascending

ADJ ขึ้น  ascendant rising khuen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASCENDING

ppr. Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from modern to ancient, from grave to more acute. A star is said to be ascending, when rising above the horizon, in any parallel of the equator. Ascending latitude is the latitude of a planet, when moving towards the North pole.
Ascending node is that point of a planet's orbit, wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node.
Ascending vessels, in anatomy, are those which carry the blood upward or toward the superior parts of the body.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASCENDING

ASCENDING As *cend "ing, a.

 

Defn: Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As *cend "ing *ly, adv. 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ascending

as cend ing |əˈsendiNG əˈsɛndɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 increasing in size or importance: incomes ranked in ascending order of size. 2 sloping or leading upward: a gently ascending forest path | blood pressure in the ascending aorta.

 

ascending colon

as cend ing co lon ▶noun Anatomy the first main part of the large intestine, which passes upward from the cecum on the right side of the abdomen.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ascending

as cend ing |əˈsendiNG əˈsɛndɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 increasing in size or importance: incomes ranked in ascending order of size. 2 sloping or leading upward: a gently ascending forest path | blood pressure in the ascending aorta.

 

ascending colon

as ¦cend |ing colon ▶noun Anatomy the first main part of the large intestine, which passes upwards from the caecum on the right side of the abdomen.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ascending

as c é nd ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗上がっていく, 上昇的な (↔descending ); 〘植 〙〈葉 茎などが 〉上に向かう ; 傾上の . ▸ in ascending order (数値 レベルなどが )下から上の順序で, 昇順で .～̀ sc á le 〘楽 〙上昇音階 .