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ascender
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
ascender
1
n
someone who ascends
2
n
(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ascender
1
n
someone who ascends
Types:
climber
,
mounter
someone who ascends on foot
Type of:
mover
someone who moves
2
n
(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
Type of:
line
a mark that is long relative to its width
n
a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
Type of:
alphabetic character
,
letter
,
letter of the alphabet
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
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