The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ascending \As*cend"ing\, a.
   Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. --
   As*cend"ing*ly, adv.
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   Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a
      planet. --Ferguson.

   Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced
      backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and
      mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line
      direct ascending.

   Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet
      wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is
      also called the northern node. --Herschel.

   Ascending series. (Math.)
   (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a
       quantity.
   (b) A series in which each term is greater than the
       preceding.

   Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian.
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