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Translingual

Typographical usage

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  1. Indicates emphasis.
  2. (computing) Sometimes indicates a hyperlink.
  3. (computing) In the text for an interface item, indicates that the underlined character combines with Alt to form a keyboard shortcut that activates that item.
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    • 2005 July, Maximum PC, number 7 (in English), Future US, Inc., →ISSN, page 55:
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  4. Used instead of italics.
    • 1961, Joseph Perry Ponte, “Introduction”, in Musica Disciplina: A Revised Text, Translation and Commentary, volume 1 (unpublished dissertation; in English), Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University, →OCLC, page xiv:
      It has been carelessly copied and contains many lapsus oculi: frequently a single word has been omitted, obviously through inattention; occasionally a line or two of the archetype has been skipped, so that completely separate sentences have been fused together; sometimes simple mis-readings occur.
    • 1975, Sue Helder Goliber, The Life and Times of Marguerite Durand: A Study in French Feminism (in English), Kent, Oh.: Kent State University, →OCLC, page 124:
      In 1919 the cry for political reform was taken up, the main issue being a change in voting procedure from the scrutin d'arrondissement to the scrutin de liste.
    • 1986, Gustavo Pellon, Julio Rodriguez-Luis, “Introduction”, in Upstarts, Wanderers or Swindlers: Anatomy of the Picaro: A Critical Anthology (in English), Amsterdam: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 18:
      Thus, in these new lands, the pícaro prospers and evolves through the centuries until he becomes an artist as in Joyce Carey's The Horse's Mouth or a free spirit and would-be revolutionary in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.

See also

Entry-like pages
Typography Capital letter · Lowercase letter · Superscript · Subscript · Italics · Boldface · Small caps · Underline · Strikethrough
Semantics Possessive
Suprasegmentals Repetition
(See also: Wiktionary:Index to appendices)

Chinese

Typographical usage

[underline]

  1. (Chinese, dated in mainland China, still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong) Indicates a proper noun.