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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Superscript

Superscript \Su"per*script\, n. Superscription. [Obs.] ``I will overglance the superscript.''
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
superscript

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" (see script (n.)). Meaning "number or letter written above something" first recorded 1901.

Wiktionary
superscript

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.

WordNet
superscript

adj. written or printed above and to one side of another character [syn: superior] [ant: subscript, adscript]

superscript

n. a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character [syn: superior] [ant: subscript]

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.