The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

An upward incline.

(also call Total Ascent). The total amount of vertical climbing you must do. Including descents you have to make up. See also Vertical Rise.

line suspended from a boat or a buoy for a diver to use to control their rate of ascent or descent.

an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

the act of changing location in an upward direction

An instrument – vital in balloon flight – for measuring the ascent and descent speed of a gaseous body. Also includes a function that sounds an alarm to warn of abnormal ascent and descent speeds when thermals are encountered. B b

Motion of an aircraft in which the path is inclined upward with respect to the horizontal.

This occurs from the time the shuttle takes off, until it has reached orbit. Basically, it means to go from the ground and fly upward.