ascending
- n the act of changing location in an upward direction
- v travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
- v go back in order of genealogical succession
- v become king or queen
- v appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
- v go along towards (a river's) source
- v slope upwards
- v come up, of celestial bodies
- v move to a better position in life or to a better job
- a moving or going or growing upward
the ascending plane
the ascending staircase
the ascending stems of chickweed
ascertainable
- s capable of being ascertained or found out
ascertainable facts
ascertained
- v establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- v be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- v find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- v learn or discover with certainty
- s discovered or determined by scientific observation
variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors
ascetic
- n someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- a pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
ascetic practices - s practicing great self-denial
Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James
ascetical
- a pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
- s practicing great self-denial
ascitic
- a of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity