Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-boldface

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: non-bold-face
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"We prefer your resume on light colored paper, using standard non-italic, non-boldface type."
"We will often denote a random vector in boldface as X.[…]It is also common to use an ordinary non-boldface X and let context indicate whether X has dimension 1 or not.[…]As we progress, however, the non-boldface notation will be used with increasing frequency to match current style in the literature."
"Symbols which occur in a word denoted by a boldface letter are always denoted by the same non-boldface letter with some subscript. That is, symbols which occur in σ are denoted by σᵢ, symbols which occur in w are denoted by wᵢ, symbols which occur in X are denoted by Xᵢ, etc."

Etymology

From non- + boldface.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

nonboldface (alternative)

Synonyms

non-boldfaced

Questions

What does non-boldface mean?: Not boldface.
Where does non-boldface come from?: From non- + boldface.

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