Ascending series

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(Math.)	A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. - Herschel.
	A series in which each term is greater than the preceding.

See also: Ascending, Ascending

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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