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单词 ascender
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ascendern.

Brit. /əˈsɛndə/, U.S. /əˈsɛndər/
Etymology: < ascend v. + -er suffix1.
a. He who or that which ascends.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > one who or that which
ariser1382
risera1500
mounter1581
ascendant1593
ascender1623
assurgent1791
soarer1852
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 63 Another Hill..that the night before, was by the first ascenders won from the enemies Guards.
1880 R. Hope in B. Googe's Pop. Kingd. iv. 53 (margin) Birds are eaten, on Ascension Day, as ascenders.
b. spec. in Typography (see quot. 1867).
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > ascender
ascendant1655
ascender1867
1867 T. MacKellar Amer. Printer (ed. 3) 48 Ascenders, all the capital letters, and the b, d, f, h, i, j, k, l, t, so called because they ascend to the top of the body of the types. A colloquial phrase for Ascending Letters.
c. In Printing and Palæography, an ascending stroke; a stroke which extends above the body of a letter.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke
linea1382
tittlec1384
stroke1567
minim1587
pot-hook1611
dash1615
hair-stroke1634
hook1668
foot stroke1676
stem1676
duct1699
hanger1738
downstroke?1760
hairline1846
up-stroke1848
skit1860
pot-crook1882
ligature1883
coupling-stroke1906
bow1914
ductus1922
ascender1934
society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > ascending or descending stroke
taila1627
descender1802
ascender1934
extruder1938
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1938 A. H. Smith in London Mediæval Stud. I. 204 After neah there is a long ascender which may be part of h or l or b.
1955 C. E. Wright Bald's Leechbook 24 The hook at the top of the ascender of b.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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