For Ascender we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Climbing, Graphic Design, Hiking, Newspaper Design, Speleological and Typography.

Ascender (Climbing)

A device for ascending on a rope. A mechanical ascender is the jumar.

Ascender (Graphic Design)

in typography, the parts of lowercase letters that rise above the x-height of the font, e.g. b, d, f, h, k, I, and t.

Ascender (Hiking)

A device for climbing a rope.

Ascender (Newspaper Design)

The part of a letter extending above the x-height (as in b, d, f, h, k, l, t).

Ascender (Speleological)

A mechanical device for ascending a rope.
Climbing and SRT.

Ascender (Typography)

The part of lowercase letters that rises (ascends) above the x-height of the other lowercase letters in a typeface, such as the stem on the lower case d or b.

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