ascent
n. ஏறுதல், ஏற்றம், உயர்வு, முன்னேற்றம், இறந்தகாலம் நோக்கிச் செல்லுதல், முன்மரபு, ஏறுசரிவு, சாய்வுமேடு, மேடு, ஏறுநெறி.
As*cent". Etym: [Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent.] 1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton. 2. The way or means by which one ascends. 3. An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison. 4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.