superscript
Noun
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Noun
superscript
- (typography) A type of lettering form that appears as a number, figure, or symbol above the normal line of type, located at the right or left of another symbol or text.
- French: exposant, lettre supérieure
- German: Superskript, Hochstellung, hochgestelltes Zeichen, hochgestelltes Druckzeichen, Exponent, Hochzahl, hochstehendes Zeichen
- Portuguese: sobrescrito
- Russian: ве́рхний и́ндекс
- Spanish: superíndice
superscript (superscripts, present participle superscripting; past and past participle superscripted)
- (mathematics, science, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a superscript.
- 1987, Pragasen Pillay, “Permanent magnet synchronous motor drives and brushless DC motor drives for servo applications”, Conference Record of the 1987 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (Part I), IEEE, page 387:
- The ambient or unsaturated value of a variable is superscripted with a "*".
- 1987, Pragasen Pillay, “Permanent magnet synchronous motor drives and brushless DC motor drives for servo applications”, Conference Record of the 1987 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (Part I), IEEE, page 387:
- (typography, transitive, of a text) To convert to a superscript form.
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