definition of
ascent

[1] #1 ascent n. [acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise". wn

[2] #2 ascent n. [rise, rising, ascension] a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon". wn

[3] #3 ascent n. [rise, ascension, ascending] the act of changing location in an upward direction. wn