ascension : Idioms & Phrases

• noun (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
  Ascension; Ascension Day.
  

WordNet

• the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; called also Holy Thursday.

Webster 1913

• noun (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
  Ascension.
  

WordNet

• noun (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
  Ascension; Ascension Day.
  

WordNet

• etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc.

Webster 1913

• (Astron.), an arc of the equator, intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, in an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is little used in modern astronomy.

Webster 1913

• etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction.

Webster 1913

• noun (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
  celestial longitude; RA.
  
  • one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees

WordNet

• (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the meridian with the star; expressed either in degrees or in time.

Webster 1913