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noun - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
ASCENDENCY - Ascendency is a quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network. Ascendency is derived using mathem...
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Take off from Spain going to New York City shortly - mysteriously it's on the up! |
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Sep 22 2015 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
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Alternative spelling of ascendancy. |
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence. |
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Ascendency is a quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network. Ascendency is derived using mathematical tools from information theory. It is intended to capture in a single index the ability of an ecosystem to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size. * One way of depicting ascendency is to regard it as "organized power", because the index represents the magnitude of the power that is flowing within the system towards particular ends, as distinct from power that is dissipated willy-nilly. Almost half a century earlier, Alfred J. Lotka (1922) had suggested that a system's capacity to prevail in evolution was related to its ability to capture useful power. Ascendency can thus be regarded as a refinement of Lotka's supposition that also takes into account how power is actually being channeled within a system. * In mathematical terms, ascendency is the product of the aggregate amount of material or energy b |