Definition of "ascenders" []

• Plural form of ascender. (noun)

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• "Then, with the help of handgrips called ascenders, he made his way along a series of guide ropes until he was hovering right over the skeleton."
• "+ Of vertical lines called ascenders when they extend above the line, and tails when they are prolonged below it;"
• "It will be noticed in the diagram that the "ascenders" of the smaller letters rise about three squares to their extreme top points above the body of the letter; that the body of each letter is inclosed in a square that is three units high, and that the "descenders" fall but two squares below the letter body."