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Webster 1913 Edition


Ascensional

As-cen′sion-al

,
Adj.
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.

Definition 2024


ascensional

ascensional

English

Adjective

ascensional (not comparable)

  1. (astronomy) Relating to ascension.