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SUPERSCRIPT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("superscript" is a kind of...):
character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)
Antonym:
subscript (a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Written or printed above and to one side of another character
Synonyms:
superior; superscript
Classified under:
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Antonym:
adscript (written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it)
subscript (written or printed below and to one side of another character)