descender
descender
Definition
de·scender (dē sen′dər, di-)
noun
- a person or thing that descends
- Typography
- that part of a letter such as g or y, which descends below the line
- any such letter
descender
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Stomped across the moor after a false start [ Sarah had no descender - doh!
- use: The claimant began descending the pitch using the descender.
Adjective modifier
- fast: Mid-Ulster's Jonathan McCloy is in the climbing form of his life and has always been a very fast descender.
- true: True descenders occur as required and the routine runs as quickly as the normal copy.
Modifies a noun
- line: The leading is the recommended distance from the bottom of the descender line to the top of the next line.
Browse dictionary entries near descender
- descendent
- descendants
- descendant
- descend on
- descend
- Descartes
- descant
- desalt
- desalinizing
- desalinized
- descendible
- descent
- Deschutes
- descramble
- descrambled
- descrambler
- descrambling
- describable
- describe
- described
