Noun: descender di'sen-du(r)
- A lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
"The 'p' in 'depth' has a descender"
- (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters
"The descender of the letter 'p' drops below the baseline"
- Someone who descends
"The descender carefully rappelled down the cliff face"
Derived forms: descenders
Type of: alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, line, mover
Encyclopedia: Descender