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superscript, n. and a.|ˈs(j)uːpəskrɪpt|
[ad. late L. superscriptus, pa. pple. of superscrībĕre: see prec. and cf. script.]
†A. n.
1. = superscription 3. Obs. rare—1.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. ii. 135 Was this directed to you?.. I will ouerglance the superscript. To the snow-white hand of the most beautious Lady Rosaline.
2. A superscript character.
1901[see subscript n. 2]. 1927[see Kronecker delta]. 1945F. A. Ficken in F. A. Berry et al. Handbk. Meteorol. ii. 144 In work with tensors, indices occur as superscripts as well as subscripts. 1970G. K. Woodgate Elem. Atomic Struct. iv. 67 The notation for a level specifies the value of j as a subscript to the letter code for l. The superscript gives the..multiplicity of the term.
B. adj. Written above a letter, or above the line of writing: opp. to subscript B.
1882R. C. Jebb Life Bentley 119 There is no correction, superscript or marginal. 1900I. Taylor in N. & Q. 9th Ser. VI. 485/2, ü stands for the diphthong ue, the superscript dots being originally..a curtailed form of the German script e. |