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ascender::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character, letter |
| Derivation | ascend |
ascender::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | line |
Examples of ascender
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My world is reduced to the wall of ice, the carabiner, the ascender and the rope.
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Ascender is a rebadged Chevrolet TrailBlazer, which GM is expected to discontinue.
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A third ascender may be attached to a foot and a ropewalking technique used.
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Lift your knees toward your chin and raise the lower ascender.
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Ascender also created the Liberation fonts distributed by Red Hat.
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The height of the ascender can have a dramatic effect on the readability and appearance of a font.
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I look at the double fisherman's knots on my bit of rope holding the ascender and wonder if I tied them correctly.
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We clip ourselves to the rope using a carabiner and a jumar, or mechanical ascender that grips the rope as you advance.
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There also exist specialized ligatures for italics, such as a curl atop the s which reaches the ascender of the p in sp.
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- Someone who ascends
- A lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
- An ascender is a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope. One such device is a Jumar, named after the Swiss factory which developed the first tool for sale in 1958. The device's name also leads to the term Jumaring for the process of using such a device. ...
- (Ascenders) Devices (such as Jumars, etc.) used in aid climbing that are designed to grip the rope so that one may ascend directly up a fixed rope.
- (Ascenders) Mechanical sliding and braking devices used to move up a rope. Sometimes generically referred to as the brand name Jumar.
- (ASCENDERS) Lines of lower case type which extend above the body, such as the b, d, f, h, etc.
- (Ascenders) Strokes of letters that rise above the baseline of type (b, d, f, h, k, l, t).
- (Ascenders) n. Mechanical devices used to ascend a rope, consisting of a camming mechanism which bites into the rope when downward pressure is applied but allows movement when slid up the rope.
- Any mechanical device that slides upward when put on a fixed rope but catches when weight is put on it, allowing a climber to use the rope to move upward or to haul gear. Used in aid climbing, mountaineering rescue and caving.
