"definition list" meaning in English

See definition list in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: definition lists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} definition list (plural definition lists)
  1. An HTML structure consisting of a number of tags intended to present a set of pairs of terms and their definitions as a list. Categories (topical): HTML Related terms: ordered list, unordered list
    Sense id: en-definition_list-en-noun-Gl14WU7N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "source": "w"
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "HTML",
          "orig": "en:HTML",
          "parents": [
            "Computer languages",
            "World Wide Web",
            "Programming",
            "Internet",
            "Computing",
            "Software engineering",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Engineering",
            "Software",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
            "Fundamental",
            "Communication"
          ],
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        }
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        "An HTML structure consisting of a number of tags intended to present a set of pairs of terms and their definitions as a list."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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          "word": "ordered list"
        },
        {
          "word": "unordered list"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "definition list"
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    }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "An HTML structure consisting of a number of tags intended to present a set of pairs of terms and their definitions as a list."
      ],
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        ],
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          "structure",
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        ],
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          "tag"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "definition list"
}

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