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A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Answer for the clue "A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character ", 11 letters:
superscript
Word definitions for superscript in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, "address or direction on a letter," from Middle French superscript , from Latin superscriptus "written above," past participle of superscribere "write over or above something (as a correction)," from super "above" (see super- ) + scribere "write" ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. written or printed above and to one side of another character [syn: superior ] [ant: subscript , adscript ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superscript \Su"per*script\, n. Superscription. [Obs.] ``I will overglance the superscript.'' --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (''Print'') 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.
Usage examples of superscript.
They have used bold-faced letters, Gothic-type letters, Greek letters, both capital and small, subscripts, superscripts, asterisks, even Hebrew letters.