ascendance
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Noun
ascendance (countable and uncountable, plural ascendances)
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Noun
ascendance f (plural ascendances)
- (astronomy) ascent
- (family) ancestry
- (meteorology) thermal. Area of rising air used by glider pilots.
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Further reading
- “ascendance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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