单词 | ascender |
释义 | ascendern. a. He who or that which ascends. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1623 |
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