adj
Meaning 1
Placed above the normal line of text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
superscript
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
Examples
- In x2, the 2 written in superscript means “to the power of two”.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To provide with a superscript.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, media, publishing, sciences, typography
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To convert to a superscript form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
written or printed above and to one side of another character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: superior
Antonyms: subscript, adscript
noun
Meaning 6
a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: superior
Antonyms: subscript
Broader terms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol
History
Etymology
From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 上標 /上标 (shàngbiāo) — a type of lettering form
- Czech: horní index — a type of lettering form
- Finnish: yläindeksi — a type of lettering form
- French: exposant — a type of lettering form
- French: lettre supérieure — a type of lettering form
- German: Superskript — a type of lettering form
- German: Hochstellung — a type of lettering form
- German: hochgestelltes Zeichen — a type of lettering form
- German: hochgestelltes Druckzeichen — a type of lettering form
- German: Exponent — a type of lettering form
- German: Hochzahl — a type of lettering form
- German: hochstehendes Zeichen — a type of lettering form
- Greek: εκθέτης (ekthétis) — a type of lettering form
- Hungarian: felső index — a type of lettering form
- Italian: apice — a type of lettering form
- Japanese: 上つき (uwatsuki) — a type of lettering form
- Macedonian: надзнак (nadznak) — a type of lettering form
- Norwegian Bokmål: hevet skrift — a type of lettering form
- Portuguese: sobrescrito — a type of lettering form
- Russian: ве́рхний и́ндекс (vérxnij índɛks) — a type of lettering form
- Russian: суперскри́пт (superskrípt) — a type of lettering form
- Spanish: superíndice — a type of lettering form
Real reading context