superscript
superscript — A superscript (as in x², the mathematical notation for x multiplied by itself).
Synopsis
superscript ::=
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrev
acronym
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
coref
date
emphasis
(db._emphasis)firstterm
(db._firstterm)footnote
footnoteref
foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase)glossterm
(db._glossterm)indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
phrase
(db._phrase)quote
(db._quote)remark
subscript
superscript
trademark
wordasword
xref
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
No additional attributes.
Description
A superscript
identifies text that is to be
displayed as a superscript when rendered.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. Superscripts are usually printed in a smaller font and shifted up with respect to the baseline.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- any attribute
Any attribute in any other explicit namespace
Parents
These elements contain superscript
: abbrev
, accel
, acronym
, address
, application
, arg
, artpagenums
, attribution
, authorinitials
, bibliocoverage
, biblioentry
, biblioid
, bibliomisc
, bibliomixed
, bibliomset
, bibliorelation
, biblioset
, bibliosource
, bridgehead
, buildtarget
, caption
(db.html.caption), citation
, citebiblioid
, citetitle
, city
, classname
, classsynopsisinfo
, code
, command
, computeroutput
, confdates
, confnum
, confsponsor
, conftitle
, constant
, contractnum
, contractsponsor
, contrib
, country
, database
, description
, edition
, email
, emphasis
(db._emphasis), emphasis
(db.emphasis), entry
, enumidentifier
, enumitemdescription
, enumname
, enumvalue
, envar
, errorcode
, errorname
, errortext
, errortype
, exceptionname
, fax
, filename
, firstname
, firstterm
(db._firstterm), firstterm
(db.firstterm), foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase), foreignphrase
(db.foreignphrase), funcdef
, funcparams
, funcsynopsisinfo
, function
, givenname
, glosssee
, glossseealso
, glossterm
(db._glossterm), glossterm
(db.glossterm), guibutton
, guiicon
, guilabel
, guimenu
, guimenuitem
, guisubmenu
, hardware
, holder
, honorific
, initializer
, interfacename
, issuenum
, jobtitle
, keycap
, keycode
, keysym
, label
, lineage
, lineannotation
, link
, literal
, literallayout
, macroname
, manvolnum
, markup
, mathphrase
, member
, meta
(db.meta.content), methodname
, modifier
, mousebutton
, msgaud
, msglevel
, msgorig
, olink
, option
, optional
, orgdiv
, orgname
, otheraddr
, othername
, package
, pagenums
, para
, paramdef
, parameter
, personname
, phone
, phrase
(db._phrase), phrase
(db.phrase), pob
, postcode
, primary
, primaryie
, productname
, productnumber
, programlisting
, prompt
, property
, publishername
, quote
(db._quote), quote
(db.quote), refdescriptor
, refentrytitle
, refmiscinfo
, refname
, refpurpose
, releaseinfo
, remark
, replaceable
, returnvalue
, revnumber
, revremark
, screen
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, seg
, segtitle
, seriesvolnums
, shortaffil
, simpara
, specializedtemplate
, state
, street
, subscript
, subtitle
, superscript
, surname
, symbol
, synopsis
, synopsisinfo
, systemitem
, tag
, td
, template
, templatename
, term
, termdef
, tertiary
, tertiaryie
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
, tocentry
, token
, trademark
, type
, typedefname
, unionname
, uri
, userinput
, varname
, volumenum
, wordasword
, year
.
Children
The following elements occur in superscript
: text, abbrev
, acronym
, alt
, anchor
, annotation
, biblioref
, coref
, date
, emphasis
(db._emphasis), firstterm
(db._firstterm), footnote
, footnoteref
, foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase), glossterm
(db._glossterm), indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular), indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject
, link
, olink
, phrase
(db._phrase), quote
(db._quote), remark
, replaceable
, subscript
, superscript
, trademark
, wordasword
, xref
.
See Also
Related elements: equation
, informalequation
, inlineequation
, subscript
.
Examples
1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
|<title>Example superscript</title>
||
<para>The equation e<superscript>πi</superscript> + 1 = 0 ties together
5 |five of the most important mathematical constants.
|</para>
||
</article>
The equation eπi + 1 = 0 ties together five of the most important mathematical constants.