ascender

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The TrueType Specification has three values for vertical metrics (ascender, descender, line gap in the hhea table).

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  1. noun One that ascends.
  2. noun Printing The part of the tall lowercase letters, such as b, d, and h, that extends above the other lowercase letters.
  3. noun Printing A letter with such a part.

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  • Everybody mastered the anchor by-pass with their carabineer and their ascender and they did it with their little weight gloves, then their medium weight gloves, then their mittens so we are felling pretty confident that we will be able efficiently move up the headwall tomorrow.
  • First he used his ascender but, as many climbers know, this only works in certain snow / temperature conditions.
  • With the ice accumulating between its sharp biting teeth, the ascender became useless, even dangerous, to use, sliding down at every pull.
  • The rope from the boulder to my ascender was curved by the wind, went over the edge of the cliff into oblivion, pulling me with it.
  • Can the same concept of the logarithmic spiral be applied to the cam of an ascender?
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/əˈsɛndər/
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