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Phrases 10
- Ascension DayThe fortieth day of Easter, that is the Thursday 39 days after Easter Day.
- Ascension IslandAn island and constituent part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- right ascensionThe angular distance east of the vernal point (“the solar zenith at the March equinox”); the celestial equivalent of longitude.
- Ascension ParishOne of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Donaldsonville.
- Ascension SundayThe Sunday after Ascension Day.
- Ascension Islandersplural of Ascension Islander: A person from Ascension Island.
- Ascension crakeAn extinct flightless bird of species Mundia elpenor, endemic to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- Ascension IslanderA person from Ascension Island.
- oblique ascensionAn arc of the equator, which is intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, forming an oblique sphere.
- Ascension crakesplural of Ascension crake: An extinct flightless bird of species Mundia elpenor, endemic to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Compound words 6
- ascensionalRelating to upward movement; pertaining to the act of rising or ascending.
- ascensionistOne who carries out ascents, such as a balloonist or mountaineer.
- AscensiontideThe period from Ascension Day (39 days after Easter) until Whitsunday (49 days after Easter).
- reascensionThe act of reascending; a second or subsequent ascension.
- ascensionistsplural of ascensionist: One who carries out ascents, such as a balloonist or mountaineer.
- Ascensiontidesplural of Ascensiontide: The period from Ascension Day (39 days after Easter) until Whitsunday (49 days after Easter).