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position of a character
position of a character
With the exception of superiors and inferiors, the characters of a text are usually aligned along a horizontal baseline.
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inferior
Small character placed below the baseline and to the right of another character; it is used mostly in chemical and mathematical formulas.
superior
Small character placed above and to the right of another character; it is sometimes used in abbreviations and also to mark footnotes.