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ascendancies

ascendancies is the plural of ascendancy.

Meaning of ascendancy

Noun

ascendancy (countable and uncountable, plural ascendancies)

  1. The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
    • Spurs ended the half in the ascendancy and Van der Vaart was again inches away from giving them the lead when he met Bale's cross but his header flew wide.2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC
  2. A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
    • Ascendency was found to be a useful indicator for the health assessment of marine benthic ecosystems over space and time.2009, Sven Erik Jørgensen, editor, Ecosystem Ecology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 63

Questions about ascendancies

What is ascendancies the plural of?
Ascendancies is the plural of ascendancy.

Words near ascendancies in the dictionary

  1. Ascencios
  2. ascend
  3. ascendable
  4. ascendance
  5. ascendances
  6. ascendancies
  7. ascendancy
  8. ascendant
  9. ascendantly
  10. ascendants
  11. ascended

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