ascendent

英[ə'sendənt] 美[ə'sendənt]
  • n. 运星;运道;支配力
  • adj. 占优势的;上升的
  • =ascendant.
Noun:
  1. position or state of being dominant or in control;

    "that idea was in the ascendant"

  2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Adjective:
  1. tending or directed upward;

    "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"

  2. most powerful or important or influential;

    "the economically ascendant class"
    "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"