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Ascender meaning
A person or thing that ascends. | The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline. | A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.
Synonyms of Ascender
Example sentences (4)
The ascender of the Chang’e-6 probe lifted off on Tuesday and entered a preset orbit around the moon, the China National Space Administration said.
The Chang’e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender, and a returner, was launched on November 24.
Also used was the Tironian note (a character similar to the digit 7) for the conjunction and, and a thorn with a crossbar through the ascender for the pronoun þæt main.
Other ascender letters with carons, such as letters ȟ (used in Finnish Romani and Lakota ) and ǩ (used in Skolt Sami ), did not modify their carons to superscript commas.