ascent
- Noun. The act of ascending. A motion upwards.
- Noun. The way or means by which one ascends.
- Noun. An eminence, hill, or high place.
- Noun. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
- Noun. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
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