Ascensional

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ascensional \As*cen"sion*al\, a.
     Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive;
     tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ascensional difference} (Astron.), the difference between


        oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing
        the difference between the time of the rising or setting
        of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian
        passage.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascensional
       adj : tending to rise