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ascender

noun

Etymology

From ascend + -er.

  1. derived from ascendō
  2. derived from ascendre
  3. inherited from ascenden
  4. suffixed as ascender — “ascend + er”

Definitions

  1. A person or thing that ascends.

  2. The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.

  3. A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope

      a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ascender. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ascender. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at ascender

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA