descender

[ dih-sen-der ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that descends.

  2. Printing.

    • the part of a lowercase letter that goes below the body.

    • a letter having such a part, as p, q, j, or y.

Origin of descender

1
First recorded in 1660–70; descend + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for descender

descender

/ (dɪˈsɛndə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that descends

  2. printing the portion of a letter, such as j, p, or y, below the level of the base of an x or n

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