SUPERSCRIPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superscript mean? 

• SUPERSCRIPT (noun)
  The noun SUPERSCRIPT has 1 sense:

1. a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

  Familiarity information: SUPERSCRIPT used as a noun is very rare.

• SUPERSCRIPT (adjective)
  The adjective SUPERSCRIPT has 1 sense:

1. written or printed above and to one side of another character

  Familiarity information: SUPERSCRIPT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERSCRIPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

superior; superscript

Hypernyms ("superscript" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Antonym:

subscript (a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character)

• SUPERSCRIPT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Written or printed above and to one side of another character

Synonyms:

superior; superscript

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Antonym:

adscript (written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it)

subscript (written or printed below and to one side of another character)

 Context examples 

The symbol for degrees is a small superscript circle.

(Degree Unit of Plane Angle, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemical name. (spell Greek characters and don't use superscript or subscript)

(Chemical Name, Food and Drug Administration)