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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: written or printed above and to one side of another character [syn: superscript, superior] [ant: adscript, inferior, subscript] n
1: a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character [syn: superscript, superior] [ant: inferior, subscript]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin superscriptus, past participle of superscribere Date: 1901 a distinguishing symbol (as a numeral or letter) written immediately above or above and to the right or left of another character • superscript adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. written or printed above the line, esp. Math. (of a symbol) written above and to the right of another. --n. a superscript number or symbol. Etymology: L superscriptus past part. of superscribere: see SUPERSCRIBE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Superscript Su"per*script, n. Superscription. [Obs.] ``I will overglance the superscript.'' --Shak.