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Side note

A note or notation made in a side margin.

📖 Definitions of "Side note"

noun
  1. 1

    A note or notation made in a side margin.

  2. 2

    A minor related mention, made as an aside, or afterthought.

    "As a side note, I'd like to thank that team for their hard work."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Side note"

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WordDefinition
marginalianounNotes in the margin of a document.
notenounA symbol or annotation.
paragraphnounA passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
footnotenounA short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
sideheadnounA subheading placed at or in the margin of printed matter.
indentationnoun(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
notationnoun(uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
annotationnounA comment added to a text.
note valuenoun(music) A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.
scholiumnoun(linguistics) A note added to a text as an explanation, criticism or commentary.
passing notenoun(music) A smaller note marking a tone introduced between two others, to effect a smooth passage from the one to the other, but forming no essential part of the harmony.
holding notenoun(archaic, music) A note sustained in one part, or by one instrument, while the others change.
remarknounA casual observation, comment, or statement
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
endnotenounAn annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.
note verbalenounAn unsigned diplomatic note written in the third person, of the nature of a memorandum but sometimes considered to be more formal.
asterisknounThe star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.
mantissanoun(mathematics, computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
oddmentnounSomething that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
noitnoun(dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of night. [(countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.]

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