What's the difference between ascend and transcend?

Ascend


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
  • (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.
  • (v. t.) To go or move upward upon or along; to climb; to mount; to go up the top of; as, to ascend a hill, a ladder, a tree, a river, a throne.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In guinea pig ventricular myocytes, the positive contractile staircase was associated with ascending staircases of both peak systolic and end diastolic [Ca2+]i because of a cumulative increase in diastolic [Ca2+]i.
  • (2) While the heaviest anterogradely labeled ascending projections were observed to the contralateral ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus, pars oralis (VPLo), efferent projections were also observed to the contralateral ventrolateral thalamic nucleus (VLc) and central lateral (CL) nucleus of the thalamic intralaminar complex, magnocellular (and to a lesser extent parvicellular) red nucleus, nucleus of Darkschewitsch, zona incerta, nucleus of the posterior commissure, lateral intermediate layer and deep layer of the superior colliculus, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, contralateral nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis and basilar pontine nuclei (especially dorsal and peduncular), and dorsal (DAO) and medial (MAO) accessory olivary nuclei, ipsilateral lateral (external) cuneate nucleus (LCN) and lateral reticular nucleus (LRN), and to a lesser extent the caudal medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH), and dorsal medullary raphe.
  • (3) The primary afferent fibers diverge in the brainstem into a short ascending and a long descending tract.
  • (4) Ventilation-perfusion lung scans and contrast ascending venography were performed on the sixth to eighth postoperative days.
  • (5) Emergency CT showed evidence of pericardial effusion suggesting hemopericardium, enlargement of the ascending aorta and a peripheral semilunar filling defect which caused a slight deformation of the true channel.
  • (6) The organisms are transmitted transovarially, diaplacentally, via endometrium, before or after implantation, via amnion or by the semen when ascending through the infectious environment.
  • (7) Thus, the carotid pulse tracing provides an accurate reproduction of the morphology of the pressure tracing recorded from the ascending aorta, and when calibrated by peripheral blood pressure measurement, it can be used to calculate LV pressure throughout ejection.
  • (8) Piretanide blocks the Na+ 2Cl- K+ cotransporter protein in the thick ascending limb (TAL) of the loop of Henle reversibly.
  • (9) High levels of both enzymes were reached noticeably earlier during development in PCT and PST than in medullary thick ascending limb, which emphasizes metabolic heterogeneity of developing rat kidney nephron.
  • (10) This study demonstrates the termination of ascending tract of Deiters' (ATD) axons on ipsilateral medial rectus (MR) motoneurons.
  • (11) To estimate model parameters (load and tube compliances, tube inertances, characteristic impedances, and peripheral resistances) we measured ascending aortic pressure and flow in a group of five open-chest, anesthetized dogs.
  • (12) To explore relations between preload, afterload, and stroke volume (SV) in the fetal left ventricle, we instrumented 126-129 days gestation fetal lambs with ascending aortic electromagnetic flow transducers, vascular catheters, and inflatable occluders around the aortic isthmus (n = 8) or descending aorta (n = 7).
  • (13) We studied DNA (mtDNA) replication in adult female rat hearts undergoing hypertrophy secondary to constriction of the ascending aorta.
  • (14) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
  • (15) The problem for Labour is that, to mount an effective challenge to the ascendant Conservative party, they must first come to some agreement about why they are losing.
  • (16) Numerous CA fibers which are first observed at the level of the preoptic area, ascend through the central zone of the telencephalon and arborize profusely particularly within the medial zone of area dorsalis telencephali.
  • (17) Between March 1986 and September 1988, 38 patients underwent extended aortic resection (aortic valve, ascending aorta, and arch) for acute type-A aortic dissection with aortic valve insufficiency; deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest were used.
  • (18) For the management and prevention of the recurrent ascending infections long-term urinary disinfection and meticulous toilet of the external meatus are recommended.
  • (19) The spinal ascending pathways responsible for neuronal ventrobasal (VB) thalamic responses elicited by joint stimulation of the posterior paw were determined in arthritic rats used as a model of experimental pain.
  • (20) We conclude that spinal cord stimulation could modify segmental reflexes but that the effects were selective, probably dependent on the preserved segmental structures and ascending and descending pathways.

Transcend


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.
  • (v. t.) To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
  • (v. t.) To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
  • (v. i.) To climb; to mount.
  • (v. i.) To be transcendent; to excel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In fact, it is only by moving to this level that we transcend the paradox of man knowing and explaining himself.
  • (2) It was also, because it transcended family and clan interests and involved defining what the realm was, the starting point of the modern state.
  • (3) Common environmental questions encourage people to come together, transcending regional, political or ethical differences.
  • (4) Click here to watch the trailer Pfister, a long-term collaborator of Christopher Nolan , looks to have implanted some of Nolan's ideas into Transcendence.
  • (5) QPR lost Nedum Onuoha and Sandro to injuries – the latter had forced Mignolet into a reflex save early in the second half – but Sterling came to transcend the afternoon.
  • (6) That means transcending their own need for status and recognition, facing the wrath of those seeking to maintain the status quo and doing what they know in their hearts to be right.
  • (7) Rattle said his performances in these later years were transcendent.
  • (8) This tendency to blame the victim appears to transcend fundamental philosophic differences which have traditionally distinguished some collectivist and individualist societies.
  • (9) We just don’t believe the argument or the rationale is strong enough to transcend what has been around for thousands of years.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jarica Jordan (right), Raven Knight (center) and a friend in downtown Fargo during the gay pride parade.
  • (10) The corps has in many ways enjoyed a strength in inclusivity; a brotherhood that transcends immediate political loyalties.
  • (11) Keating made the comments on ABC’s 7.30, a program also featuring his successor John Howard , who said that, despite his concerns about Trump, the strength of the US-Australia alliance and shared values meant it transcended individual leaders.
  • (12) This dialectic is defined as the synthesis of the antithetical strategies of Dealing With It and Keeping It in Its Place in which people are able to transcend each strategy and sustain hope.
  • (13) Some considerations are made on the importance of clinical, information and its transcendence in medical research, as well as on the ethical value of a qualitatively correct data treatment.
  • (14) This presentation includes many of the important pioneers and their contributions, as well as a chronicle of arthroscopy's most primitive roots and its transcendency into an accurate surgical instrument.
  • (15) The Starfire, Allure III, and Transcend brackets had the highest fracture resistance values.
  • (16) Might The Good Dinosaur be the new Cars – hugely popular with merchandise makers but Pixar’s least effective movie in terms of concept and realisation – or can Peter Sohn’s film about a 70-foot tall Apatosaurus who befriends a human boy transcend its slightly hackneyed storyline?
  • (17) But the students have persisted, which suggests, again, that their campaign transcends a battle over Rhodes’s legacy.
  • (18) The Lord of the Rings transcended the thing of simply being films.
  • (19) Their Prom in 2007 was the event of the decade in this country: a gig that transcended all the usual boundaries of a classical concert, such was the interest generated by the story behind the orchestra, and the commitment of its players.
  • (20) In fact, I think critics have missed the point about Kafka's talking beasts: like the nameless ape in the story "Report to the Academy", they are absolutely human, and the means by which Kafka asserts that it is our inclinations to the political and the transcendent that must always be provisional, while our physicality cannot be brooked.