Online Google Dictionary

ascendency 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. dominance: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
  2. (ascendent) ascendant: position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
  3. (ascendent) ancestor: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  4. Ascendency is a quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network. Ascendency is derived using mathematical tools from information theory. ...
  5. Alternative spelling of ascendancy
  6. (ascendent) A person from whom one is descended; A position of power or control; Upward in direction or proclivity
  7. (Ascendent) The intersection point between the ecliptic and the eastern horizon. Also known as the rising degree and (generally) the cusp of the 1st house. See also House.
  8. Superiority or decisive advantage; domination.