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ascent
/ə ˈsɛnt/
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
ascent meaning(s)
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- (n) an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- (n) a movement upward
- (n) the act of changing location in an upward direction
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- That ascent, and Messner's subsequent conquest of the world's 13 other peaks of 8,000 m or more, set the gold standard for mountaineering.
- Chinese diplomats insist their homeland's ascent shouldn't threaten the rest of the world.
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ascertain
/ˌæ sər ˈteɪn/
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establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey,…
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ascertainable
/ˌæ sə ˈtɛɪ nə bl/
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capable of being ascertained or found out
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ascertained
/ˌæ sər ˈteɪnd/
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discovered or determined by scientific observation
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asceses
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
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ascesis
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
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ascetic
/ə ˈsɛ tɪk/
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someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
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ascetical
/ə ˈsɛ tɪ kəl/
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pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of…
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ascetically
in an ascetic manner
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asceticism
/ə ˈsɛ tɪ sɪ zəm/
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the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures…
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asch
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United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957)
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aschelminthes
unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
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asci
saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
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ascidiaceae
sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
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ascidian
minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through…
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ascidian tadpole
free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole…
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ascii
/ˈæ ski/
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(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by…
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ascii character
any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary…
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ascii character set
(computer science) 128 characters that make up the ASCII coding…
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ascii control character
ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or…
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ascii text file
a text file that contains only ASCII characters without special formatting
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ascites
accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
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ascitic
of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte…
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asclepia meadii
milkweed of central North America; a threatened species