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.

The ascent of a character cell defines the position of the baseline within every character cell of a font. It is the number of pixels from the top of the cell to the baseline. The baseline is not a pixel row itself, but occurs between two pixel rows.

In traditional typography the ascent of a font was the distance from the top of a block of type to the baseline. Its precise meaning in modern typograph seems to vary with different definers.

A font's maximum distance above the baseline. Click here for an example.

the distance between the top of the line of text and the baseline, or the distance from the baseline to the top of the highest glyph in a font.

Ascent is comprehensive, integrated school administration software package.

A comprehensive asset management system designed for use by IT professionals as a way to track server and network computing devices. It is NOT intended to track desktop, laptop, or other "end user" workstation class equipment.

Ascent Media Systems & Technology Services provides end-to-end engineering, systems integration, consulting and technology support solutions for the broadcast, cable, entertainment, satellite, telecommunications, production/post-production and corporate video industries. Services include project management, engineering, documentation, equipment procurement, installation and a unique 24/7 mission-critical field service organization with over 50 U.S. locations. Network management capabilities include a call center, remote network monitoring and control and multi-tier technical support. Part of Ascent Media Network Services, this operating unit executes projects on a global basis, with facilities in Northvale, NJ, San Jose, CA, Palm Bay, FL, and London, UK. For further information, visit www.ascentmedia.com/systems.