descender

Definition of Descender in English :

1. descender

someone who descends

2. descender

a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters

3. descender

(printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Descender

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

noun

1.

a person or thing that descends

2. Typography

a.

that part of a letter such as g or y, which descends below the line

b.

any such letter

n.

1. One that descends.

2. Printing

a. The part of the lowercase letters, such as g, p, and q, that extends below the other lowercase letters.

b. A letter with such a part.