Descender

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Descender \De*scend"er\, n.
     One who descends.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  descender
       n 1: someone who descends
       2: a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other
          lowercase letters
       3: (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below
          the other lowercase letters

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  descender
       
           A lowercase letter that extends below the base line,
          such as "g", "j", or "p".  Also used to denote the part of the
          letter extending below the base line.  Compare {ascender}.
       
          (1998-03-27)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DESCENDER. In the descent; as formed on in the descender. Bac. Ab. Formedon, 
  A 1. Vide Formedon.