How to Use ascender in a Sentence

ascender

noun

• The lander will then deposit the samples in the ascender, which will lift off from the lunar surface.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 23 Nov. 2020
• The Prusik Knot creates a loop that can be used as an ascender or decender.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2019
• Plans call for the upper stage of the probe known as the ascender to be launched back into lunar orbit to transfer the samples to a capsule for return to Earth.
  — Fox News, 4 Dec. 2020
• The ascender will then take off, re-enter orbit, and dock with the orbiter-returner.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
• The lander will dig for materials with its drill and robotic arm and transfer them to the ascender, which will lift off from the moon and dock with the service capsule.
  — Sam McNeil, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2020
• The lander will dig for materials with its drill and robotic arm and transfer them to what’s called an ascender, which will lift off from the moon and dock with the service capsule.
  — NBC News, 23 Nov. 2020
• The landing of Chang'e 5's descender and ascender unit.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2020
• At that stage, the samples will be transferred to the returner, and the ascender will separate, leaving the orbiter-returner to start the journey back to Earth.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 24 Nov. 2020
• The process of attaching and unattaching an ascender might add 10 or 15 seconds for each transition.
  — National Geographic, 29 May 2019
• The ascenders and descenders are consequently short; in her view that gives the font a clinical, businesslike air unsuited to fiction.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• There's another problem with this ascender and its battery.
  — Wired, 24 July 2022
• Flying a Chinese flag, the moon lander stopped functioning soon after it was used as a launching pad for the ascender, which was ejected from the orbiter after transferring the samples and came to rest on the moon’s surface.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 16 Dec. 2020
• Launched as a single space craft, Chang'e 5 is actually composed of a lander, ascender, service module and return capsule.
  — Sam McNeil, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2020
• The pair improved readability of the Federal Highway Administration's standard alphabet by tweaking the relative heights of letters and the lengths of ascenders and descenders.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2005

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024