English Dictionary: ascensional | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ascensional \As*cen"sion*al\, a. Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. {Ascensional difference} (Astron.), the difference between oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage. |