ascender

/əˈsɛndər/

Other forms: ascenders

Definitions of ascender

1. noun

   someone who ascends
   types:

   climber, mounter

   someone who ascends on foot

   type of:

   mover

   someone who moves
2. noun

   (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
   type of:

   line

   a mark that is long relative to its width
3. noun

   a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
   type of:

   alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet

   the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech