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語源

From ascend +‎ -er.

発音

• 韻: -ɛndə(ɹ)

名詞

ascender (plural ascenders)

1. A person or thing that ascends.

   Coordinate term: descender

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

   Coordinate term: descender

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”

3. (typography, uncommon) A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.

   Coordinate term: descender

4. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

関連する語

アナグラム

• cedranes, reascend