As·cend·ing, a. 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.

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