ascending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɛndɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
• Hyphenation: as‧cend‧ing

Verb

ascending

1. Template:en-ing form of

Adjective

ascending (not comparable)

1. (of a sequence) Ordered such that each element is greater than or equal to the previous element.

   Please arrange these numbers in an ascending order.

   Antonym: descending

2. (computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.

   We used an ascending sort.

   Antonym: descending

Translations

of a sequence: ordered such that each element is greater than or equal to the previous element

• Finnish: nouseva (fi)
• French: croissant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: crescător (ro)

computing: that causes a sequence to follow an ascending order

• Finnish: nouseva (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: croissant (fr) m, ascendant (fr) m

Noun

ascending (plural ascendings)

1. An ascent.

   continual ascendings and descendings