upward

The concept of upward can be used as adjective or as noun. In the first case, the term qualifies that or that which ascends (that is, it rises or rises). For example: "You must bear in mind that cars traveling uphill have right-of-way", "The rising Spanish team will face the Italian team for the round of 16 of the continental tournament", "If this tennis player maintains the ascending line, he will soon be number one in the world".

The idea from ascending can refer to something physical or to a symbolic question, depending on the case. Let us suppose that a young man who travels by bicycle begins to travel along a path that will leave him at the top of a hill. It can be said that the cyclist in question advances in ascending direction. When descending from the hill, on the contrary, it will go downwards.

It is important to note a fundamental difference between this term and ascent: Although they both belong to the same family, the idea of upward indicates a «trend to ascend ”, regardless of necessarily the point at which the movement is interrupted, since this does not affect said trend; An ascent, on the other hand, does have a beginning and an end.

This nuance may not be relevant, but it is necessary to understand certain principles of mathematics and physics, where many times there are two or more points of view to analyze the universe. For example, the concept of straight is often confused with that of segment, since people outside these sciences do not take into account the infinite nature of the line; spinning this with what was expressed in the previous paragraph, if we say that a line marks an upward path, then we must think that its inclination has an infinite extension, even though we can only appreciate a section of it.

For physics, the concept of freefall It is defined as the movement that a body makes when the force of gravity acts exclusively on it. In other words, although at first glance it appears to be a "downward" movement, in reality it may also have the opposite direction, and this gives rise to the idea of up and down movement. In more technical terms, the body moves along the vertical axis, which by convention we know as Y.

The study of movement ascending and descending of a body by definition excludes the influence of all forces except gravitational; However, when this phenomenon is observed in the middle of a fluid such as air, it is necessary to take into account, for example, the consequences of aerodynamic resistance. On the other hand, it is also essential to know the variations suffered by the acceleration of gravity at each point on the planet; roughly, we can say that the higher the altitude, so will the acceleration.

The coach of a team of basketball (basketball), for his part, can affirm that the group he directs is in a upward dynamics. In this case, the notion is symbolic: the players do not climb steps or climb mountains, but rather show a higher and higher level of play.

In the field of astrology, is named upward at a significant angle to the natal chart. The ascendant is in the First House and it is the opposite of Seventh House: this particularity makes the angle is linked to the sign of Aries.

The cusp of the ascendant cuts the sign that is in the Eastern horizon when the birth occurs. Upon rising, he divides the sky into the twelve astrological houses that correspond to the twelve signs.