(typography, plural only) Letters in an italic typeface.
There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics.
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(usually plural but sometimes singular in construction) Plural form of italic exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence.
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Italics Sentence Examples
Certain of these relations are here summarized (the starting substance is in italics): l-Glucose f- 1-arabinose --- l-mannose - l-mannoheptose; glucononose fa-gluco-octose F - a-glucoheptose f- d-glucose - 0-glucoheptose - > /-gluco-octose; d-mannose--> d-mannoheptose--> manno-octose--> mannononose; d-glucose --> d-arabinose - i d-erythrose.
The two words are printed in italics, and may be followed by the name of the author who first described the species.
Small capitals denote differences from Roman Catholic, italics differences from Protestant doctrine.
His first great work, Lectures on Quaternions (Dublin, 1852), is almost painful to read in consequence of the frequent use of italics and capitals.