Associations to the word «Ascender»

Wiktionary

ASCENDER, noun. (typography) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline of a typeface.
ASCENDER, noun. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope

Dictionary definition

ASCENDER, noun. Someone who ascends.
ASCENDER, noun. A lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters.
ASCENDER, noun. (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin