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DESCENDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("descender" is a kind of...):
line (a mark that is long relative to its width)
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("descender" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who descends
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("descender" is a kind of...):
mover (someone who moves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descender"):
abseiler; 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 point)
