English noun: italic |
1. | italic (communication) a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand |
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2. | Italic (communication) a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative |
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| Synonyms | Italic language |
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| Broader (hypernym) | Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Latin, Osco-Umbrian |
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3. | italic (communication) a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right |
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| Broader (hypernym) | case, face, font, fount, typeface |
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