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Ascensional

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as·cen·sion  (-snshn)
n.
1. The act or process of ascending; ascent.
2. Astronomy The rising of a star above the horizon.
3. Ascension
a. In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.
b. A feast celebrating this event, observed on Ascension Day.
[Middle English ascensioun, from Old French ascention, from Latin ascnsi, ascnsin-, from ascnsus, past participle of ascendere, to ascend; see ascend.]
as·cension·al adj.
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Adj.1.Ascensional - tending to riseascensional - tending to rise                      
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The doctor, according to very accurate calculations, found that, including the articles indispensable to his journey and his apparatus, he should have to carry a weight of 4,000 pounds; therefore he had to find out what would be the ascensional force of a balloon capable of raising such a weight, and, consequently, what would be its capacity.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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