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Dictionary: su·per·script   ('pər-skrĭpt') pronunciation

n.
A character set, printed, or written above and immediately to one side of another: In x2 the superscript is 2.

[Latin superscrīptus, past participle of superscrībere, to write over. See superscribe.]

superscript su'per·script adj.

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Any letter, digit or symbol that appears above the line. For example, 10 to the 9th power is written with the 9 in superscript (109). Contrast with subscript.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
  Synonym: superior
  Antonym: subscript (meaning #1)


The adjective superscript has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (printing) written or printed above and to one side of another character
  Synonym: superior
  Antonyms: subscript (meaning #1), adscript (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hævet skrift
n. - hævet skrift

Nederlands (Dutch)
superscript (hoger en kleiner gedrukt)

Français (French)
adj. - en exposant
n. - exposant

Deutsch (German)
n. - hochgestelltes Zeichen
adj. - hochgestellt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκθέτης
adj. - σε θέση εκθέτη

Italiano (Italian)
soprascritto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobrescrito (m)
adj. - sobrescrito

Русский (Russian)
надстрочный индекс, надписанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sobrescrito
n. - índice sobrescrito

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - songupphöjd skrift
adj. - upphöjd, skriven ovanför, tryckt ovanför

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
写在上边的, 上角文字, 上标

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 寫在上邊的
n. - 上角文字, 上標

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 위에 쓴
n. - 어깨 글자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 上付きの
n. - 上付き文字

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حرف فوقي ( في الطباعه) (صفه) مطبوع / مكتوب فوق ( الحرف صغير فوق حرف اخر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נכתב מעל לשורה, בעיקר סמל מתמטי, כתוב בכתיבה עילית‬
n. - ‮מספר או סמל הנכתב בכתיבה עלית‬


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