ascension

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: As=cen=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

ascension, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr. ascendere. See Ascend.].

•  The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.  [1913 Webster]
•  Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.  [1913 Webster]
•  An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.  [1913 Webster]

  "Vaporous ascensions from the stomach."  [1913 Webster]

Ascension Day, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. -- Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or in time. -- Oblique ascension (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ascension, n.
1 the act or an instance of ascending.
2 (Ascension) the ascent of Christ into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection.

Idiom

Ascension Day the Thursday on which this is celebrated annually. right ascension Astron. longitude measured along the celestial equator.

Derivative

ascensional adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L ascensio -onis (as ASCEND, -ION)

THESAURUS

ascension

anabasis, apotheosis, ascent, assumption, clamber, climb, climbing, elevation, escalade, fountain, gathering, gush, gyring up, increase, jet, jump, leap, levitation, mount, mounting, resurrection, rise, rising, rocketing up, saltation, shooting up, soaring, spout, spring, spurt, surge, takeoff, taking off, the Ascension, the Assumption, translation, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, vault, zooming

ROGET THESAURUS

ascension

Ascent

N ascent, ascension, rising, acclivity, hill, flight of steps, flight of stairs, ladder rocket, lark, sky rocket, sky lark, Alpine Club, rising, scandent, buoyant, supernatant, superfluitant, excelsior, uphill.