ascent

noun6

1. •
   The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

   • He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
2. •
   An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

   • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations. — 2012
3. •
   The way or means by which one ascends.

   • There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
4. •
   The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness

   • The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.
5. •
   An eminence, hill, or high place.
6. •
   The ascender height in a typeface.