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descender
 descenderde·scend·er D0156300 (dĭ-sĕn′dər)n.1. One that descends.2. Printing a. The part of the lowercase letters, such as g, p, and q, that extends below the other lowercase letters.b. A letter with such a part.descender (dɪˈsɛndə) n1. a person or thing that descends2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the portion of a letter, such as j, p, or y, below the level of the base of an x or nde•scend•er (dɪˈsɛn dər)
n. 1. one that descends. 2. the part of a lowercase letter, as p, q, j, or y, that goes below the body. [1660–70] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | descender - someone who descendsabseiler, rappeller - a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high pointmover - someone who moves | | 2. | descender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase lettersalphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" | | 3. | descender - (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase lettersprinting process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publicationline - a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart" |
Translationsdescender
descender[di′sen·dər] (graphic arts) The segment of certain letters which extends below the general level of cross-alignment with other letters; for example, the lower part of “g” or “y.” descender (text)A lowercase letter that extends below the base line,such as "g", "j", or "p". Also used to denote the part of theletter extending below the base line. Compare ascender.descenderThe part of lower case characters g, j, p, q and y that fall below the line. Sometimes these characters are displayed and printed with shortened descenders in order to fit into a smaller character cell, making them difficult to read. See typeface.
Descender
DESCENDER. In the descent; as formed on in the descender. Bac. Ab. Formedon, A 1. Vide Formedon. FinancialSeeDeclinerAcronymsSeedescdescender
Words related to descendernoun someone who descendsRelated Wordsnoun a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase lettersRelated Words- alphabetic character
- letter of the alphabet
- letter
noun (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase lettersRelated Words- printing process
- printing
- line
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