ascending

adj. rising, going up, climbing, sloping upwards

v. climb, go up; rise up

Ascending is a science fiction novel by the Canadian writer James Alan Gardner, published in 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints. It is the fifth novel in Gardner's League of Peoples series, and a direct sequel to the first novel in the series, Expendable (1997), in that it picks up the dual story of Festina Ramos, Explorer turned admiral, and the transparent glass woman Oar, where the earlier novel left off.
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Noun
1. the act of changing location in an upward direction
(synonym) rise, ascent, ascension
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) levitation
Adjective
1. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
(synonym) ascending(a)
(antonym) descending(a)
(similar) acclivitous, rising, uphill
(see-also) up

Verb
1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
(synonym) go up
(antonym) descend, fall, go down, come down
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) surface, come up, rise up, rise
(derivation) rise, rising, ascent, ascension
2. go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
(hypernym) go back, date back, date from
3. become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
(hypernym) accede, enter
(derivation) dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
4. go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
(hypernym) follow, travel along
5. slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
(hypernym) slope, incline, pitch
(derivation) ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
6. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
(synonym) rise, come up, uprise
(hypernym) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
(derivation) ascension
(classification) astronomy, uranology

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ascend
  

(a.)
Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite.
  

adjective
going upwards
ascending aorta = first part of the aorta which goes up from the heart until it turns at the aortic arch
ascending colon = first part of the colon which goes up the right side of the body from the caecum