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Aug 23, 2014 · In the case of 9th, the superscript shown is indeed called the 'ordinal indicator' as Matt Gutting has noted in his answer. The addition of -th/ -eth relates to numbers 4 to 20 (and similarly,) and is a suffix to the cardinal number.
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In English orthography, this corresponds to the suffixes ‑st, ‑nd, ‑rd, ‑th in written ordinals (represented either on the line 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or as superscript 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th).
When writing footnotes, for example, superscript numerals are expected in the main text, but not in the footnotes themselves. Even here you may have your choice beween writing them like this 2 or like this².
The superscript two, ², is used in mathematics to denote the square of a number or variable. It also represents the second derivative in calculus when used as a notation for differentiation.
Dec 5, 2012 · When you shrink the letters and elevate them, they’re called superscript ordinals: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th .) So why do many legal documents use superscript ordinals? Because Microsoft Word comes with a default auto-correct setting that automatically converts ordinals to superscript ordinals.
In English, Wikipedia says these started out as superscripts: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, but during the 20 th century they migrated to the baseline: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. So the practice started during the Roman empire, and probably was continuously used since then in the Romance languages.
The <sup> tag defines superscript text. Superscript text appears half a character above the normal line, and is sometimes rendered in a smaller font. Superscript text can be used for footnotes, like WWW [1]. Tip: Use the <sub> tag to define subscript text.
