Thesaurus: ascensional

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1. a. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.
2. adj. tending to rise
3. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. 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.
4. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive;tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. Ascensionaldifference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and rightascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between thetime of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hoursfrom its meridian passage.
5. a. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.