rapid ascent

  • 1ascent — noun 1 act of climbing/moving up ADJECTIVE ▪ gradual, slow VERB + ASCENT ▪ make ▪ The climbers made their ascent of the mountain without oxygen. ▪ begin …

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  • 2ascent */ — UK [əˈsent] / US noun Word forms ascent : singular ascent plural ascents 1) [countable] a climb upwards, especially up a hill or mountain the first ascent of Mt Everest 2) [countable] a slope, or the path that someone uses to climb a slope the… …

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  • 3ascent — as|cent [ ə sent ] noun * 1. ) count a climb upward, especially up a hill or mountain: the first ascent of Mt. Everest 2. ) count a slope, or the path that someone uses to climb a slope: the southeast ascent of the mountain 3. ) count or uncount… …

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  • 4rapid climb — noun a rapid rise • Syn: ↑rapid growth, ↑zoom • Derivationally related forms: ↑zoom (for: ↑zoom) • Hypernyms: ↑rise, ↑ …

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  • 5rapid growth — noun a rapid rise • Syn: ↑rapid climb, ↑zoom • Derivationally related forms: ↑zoom (for: ↑zoom) • Hypernyms: ↑rise, ↑ …

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  • 6rapid — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 7George Mallory — George Herbert Leigh Mallory George Mallory Born 18 June 1886(1886 06 18) Mobberley, Cheshire, England Died …

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  • 8Dry suit — A dry suit or drysuit provides thermal insulation or passive thermal protection to the wearer while immersed in water,[1][2][3][4] and is worn by divers, boaters, water sports enthusiasts, and others who work or play in or near cold water. A dry… …

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  • 9Mountaineering — Alpinist redirects here. For the magazine, see Alpinist (magazine). For the practice of closed circuit diving without a bailout, see Rebreather#Bailout. Mountaineer redirects here. For other uses, see Mountaineer (disambiguation). Basecamp… …

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  • 10Decompression (diving) — Divers decompressing in the water at the end of a dive Decompression in the context of diving derives from the reduction in ambient pressure experienced by the diver during the ascent at the end of a dive or hyperbaric exposure and refers to both …

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