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- noun Plural form of
ascender .
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Examples
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Then, with the help of handgrips called ascenders, he made his way along a series of guide ropes until he was hovering right over the skeleton.
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+ Of vertical lines called ascenders when they extend above the line, and tails when they are prolonged below it;
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It will be noticed in the diagram that the "ascenders" of the smaller letters rise about three squares to their extreme top points above the body of the letter; that the body of each letter is inclosed in a square that is three units high, and that the "descenders" fall but two squares below the letter body.
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Newer models have heel-lifters, called "ascenders", that flip up to facilitate hill climbing.
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At the top of each pitch, he pulled up the slack in the rope, fixed it to the anchor and started climbing again, while I used mechanical ascenders to get to the station and put him on belay as fast as I could.
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Jumaring, or climbing fixed lines with mechanical ascenders, is another Big Wall skill you need to master to efficiently aid climb—one I was still figuring out.
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Ted Mouths Off: NHL descenders and ascenders - USATODAY. com
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They have no sense of proportion; they think they're all ascenders and no descenders.
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Xopher: they think they're all ascenders and no descenders.
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This was real flying, better than airships or ascenders or hot-air balloons, like an eagle zooming down toward its prey.
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