1) Mountaineering equipment 2) Mover 3) One rising 4) Someone who ascends
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1) Mounter
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[climbing] An ascender is a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope. One such device is a Jumar, named after the Swiss factory which developed the first tool for sale in 1958. The device`s name also leads to the term Jumaring for the process of using such a device. Other terms for this process include ascending, prusiking and jugging...
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[typography] In typography, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font. That is, the part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font`s x-height. Ascenders, together with descenders, increase the recognizability of words. For this reason, British road signs...
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(Jumar, Clog) A mechanical braking device used for belaying oneself from a vertical fixed rope. By contrast, for a traverse protected by horizontal fixed line, carabiners on slings are often used to connect the climber to the main rope. As carabiners have no braking capability, a climber will fall to the lower anchor or to the lowest point ...
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A device for climbing a rope.
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The part of lowercase letters (such as k, b, and d) that ascends above the
x-height of the other lowercase letters in a face.
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Any part of a lower case letter above the x-height, e.g. the part of a letter extending above the main body.
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The part of tall letters, such as 'b' or 'd,' that extends above the x-height.
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Any part in a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height, found for example in b, d, f, h, k, etc. Some types of ascenders have specific names.
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The part of the lowercase letters b, d, f, h, k, l, and t, that extends above the height of the lowercase x.
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n] - someone who ascends 2. [n] - a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters 3. [n] - (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
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In written or typed script, many letters have the same height: a, c, e, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z, (although in some scripts, z has a descender). Some letters have parts which extend beyond this: b, d, f, h, k, l, t: These parts are called ascenders.
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noun (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters
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a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension. · · the part of a lowercase letter, as b, d, f, h, that rises above x-height. · a letter rising above x-height, as b, d, f, h, etc.
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In typesetting, the part of a lower case letter which rises above the main body, as in the letter “b”.
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Any mechanical device that slides upward when put on a fixed rope but catches when weight is put on it, allowing a climber to use the rope to move upward or to haul gear. Used in aid climbing, mountaineering rescue and caving.
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