descender
Americannoun
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a person or thing that descends.
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Printing.
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the part of a lowercase letter that goes below the body.
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a letter having such a part, as p, q, j, or y.
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noun
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a person or thing that descends
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printing the portion of a letter, such as j, p, or y, below the level of the base of an x or n
Etymology
Origin of descender
Example Sentences
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This meant hooking the actor to a rig called a descender, used to drop a stunt performer off a building, and then a mechanism provides deceleration for the final 10 feet.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
I want to be the smooth, speedy giant-slalom racing descender, but I'm not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2019
Ms. Grimmelsman says she is the better climber and her husband is the better descender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2018
Sagan, who comes from a mountain biking background, is a noted descender.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2015
We slide fifty feet as I lose control of the descender.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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