[
UK
/ɐsˈɛndɐ/
]
NOUN
- a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
- someone who ascends
- (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
How To Use ascender In A Sentence
- A second ascender was in the air—Newkirk aboard, clutching an aerial bomb in his arms. LEVIATHAN
- * Ceterum qualia illa sunt, quae nec oculus vidit nec auris audivit nec in cor hominis ascenderunt? The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries
- Very early this morning, she set our ascent rope with a hundred-foot shot over a high branch from her crossbow, and now she fixes her ascenders to the anchored line and snaps them to her harness with a locking carabiner.
- I flex my fingers and grab the two metal ascenders clamped to my climbing rope.
- A real ascender scout would have semaphore flags, or at least a message lizard that could scamper down the line. LEVIATHAN
- There are loops on the ascenders and descenders, except for lower case ‘t’ letters and some ‘d' letters, which are straight.
- In addition to carrying the necessary hardware (including carabiners, a set of ascenders and a pulley), each climber should have prior practice, knowledge and a plan for crevasse rescue.
- You can ascend or climb a rope with mechanical ascenders or prusik loops, or do so hand-over-hand if you are in high school gym class. #23 into the crapometer
- Within each triplet set, the items were matched for rhyme and whether the initial letter was an ascender, descender, or x-height.
- Within each triplet set, the items were matched for rhyme and whether the initial letter was an ascender, descender, or x-height.
