ascent

ascesa, salita

Movimento verso l’alto o raggiungimento di una posizione più elevata.

In inglese semplice: The act of moving upward or reaching a higher position.

• The balloon began its ascent.
• The plane's steep ascent made me nervous.
• His ascent to power took only a few years.

Come si usa: ascent to something (Her ascent to the top of the company was rapid.)

Sinonimi: rise, climb

Contrari: descent

Espressioni comuni: rapid ascent, begin an ascent, ascent to power

ascensione, salita

Percorso a piedi fino alla cima di una montagna o di una collina.

In inglese semplice: A journey on foot up a mountain or hill to its top.

• The ascent took three hours.
• We began our ascent of the hill at dawn.
• They made the first winter ascent of that peak.

Come si usa: an ascent of something (They completed an ascent of the mountain in one day.)

Sinonimi: climb

Contrari: descent

Espressioni comuni: mountain ascent, first ascent, ascent of something

pendenza, inclinazione

Quanto è ripida una strada o un’altra superficie che sale.

In inglese semplice: How steeply a road or other surface slopes upward.

• The road has a gentle ascent.
• Engineers measured the railway's angle of ascent.
• The path's ascent reaches ten degrees near the summit.

Sinonimi: gradient, inclination, steepness

Espressioni comuni: angle of ascent, degree of ascent