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ascendency

ascendency is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of ascendency

pluralascendencies

Questions about ascendency

What is ascendency the alternative spelling of?
Ascendency is the alternative spelling of ascendancy.

Words near ascendency in the dictionary

  1. ascendants
  2. ascended
  3. ascendence
  4. ascendences
  5. ascendencies
  6. ascendency
  7. ascendent
  8. ascendents
  9. ascender
  10. ascenders
  11. ascendest

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