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ascendancy |
ascendant |
ascendence |
ascendency |
ascendent |
ascender
| ascendible
| ascending
| ascending aorta
| ascending artery
| ascending colon
ascender
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ascender has 3 senses
- ascender(n = noun.person) Array - someone who ascends; Array has particulars: climber, mounter
- ascender(n = noun.communication) Array - a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters; Array is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
- ascender(n = noun.communication) Array - (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters; Array is a kind of line
is a kind of mover
Derived form verb ascend1
Derived form verb ascend6
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ascender, n.
1 a a part of a letter that extends above the main part (as in b and d). b a letter having this.
2 a person or thing that ascends.
1 a a part of a letter that extends above the main part (as in b and d). b a letter having this.
2 a person or thing that ascends.
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