"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

Inflected forms

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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Programming",
            "Internet",
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            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Engineering",
            "Software",
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            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
            "Fundamental",
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        "en:HTML"
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