Ascender

Word ASCENDER
Character 8
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Definitions and meanings of "Ascender"

What do we mean by ascender?

One that ascends. noun

The part of the tall lowercase letters, such as b, d, and h, that extends above the other lowercase letters. noun

A letter with such a part. noun

One who ascends. noun

An ascending letter. See ascending. noun

The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline of a typeface. noun

A mechanical device used for ascending on a rope noun

A lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters noun

(printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters noun

Someone who ascends noun

A person or thing that ascends.

(graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.

A mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

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The word "ascender" in example sentences

I attach my ascender clips — big metal grips shaped like a smile — one at eye level, the other aligned with my knees. ❋ Benjamin Percy (2010)

The ascender clips slide up and then lock in place, anchoring me to the rope as I pull and push, crunching and extending my body, inchworming through the open air, the lowest branches 150 feet above the ground. ❋ Benjamin Percy (2010)

I unhook my ascender and switch over to a descender, not really ready to leave, to drop through the branches and return to the ground, and in this moment of readjustment, of powering my body down and trying to memorize the view, I recognize the feeling. ❋ Benjamin Percy (2010)

Two German ironclad warships were rumored to be skulking nearby, and Deryn was meant to be watching for signals from Midshipman Newkirk, who was dangling from a Huxley ascender two thousand feet above them. ❋ Mr. Scott Westerfeld (2010)

A real ascender scout would have semaphore flags, or at least a message lizard that could scamper down the line. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

Deryn glanced up, and saw Newkirk and his ascender drifting uselessly over the airship. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

An airbeast was inside: a Huxley ascender, its tentacles in the grips of a dozen ground men. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

A second ascender was in the air—Newkirk aboard, clutching an aerial bomb in his arms. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)

The video was produced and donated by Ascender Communications, LLC www.ascender-c.com at the request of The Balm In Gilead, Inc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hay quien afirma que el precio de Maven podría ascender a los 160 o 170 millones de dólares. ❋ Unknown (2008)

ANGELA: The prominent top ascender of the ‘cross’ intrigues me. ❋ Lemon Hound (2008)

More Tour de France Coverage Sprinters Take the Stage The King of the Mountains jersey — awarded to the climber who gains the most points by being the first to cross specified peaks throughout the race — seems almost sure to go to either last year's top ascender, 25-year-old Colombian Mauricio Soler, or Italian Riccardo Ricco, 24. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He greets them gruffly and takes hold of a rope hanging from a railing on the Redeemer 's upper deck and begins to climb using a device called an ascender. ❋ Joshua Davis Don Foley (2008)

~ Bridging Jung and Wilber: towards healing the 'inner ascender' -- "Recently participating as a witness in a complex psychotherapeutic intervention called therapeutic enactment -- which is an updated and refined form of Moreno's pioneering work on psychodrama -- has stimulated some thoughts and feelings about the importance of healing a subpersonality, schema, pattern, voice or archetype that we might term the "inner ascender" -- or, the "inner frustrated ascender"." ❋ William Harryman (2007)

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