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non-boldface en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + boldface.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not boldface.
   • 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. 2009, Yulia Dubov, Michael Kaminski, “The Power of Non-deterministic Reassignment in Infinite-Alphabet Pushdown Automata”, in Orna Grumberg, Michael Kaminski, Shmuel Katz, Shuly Wintner, editors, Languages: From Formal to Natural: Essays Dedicated to Nissim Francez on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Sublibrary: SL 2 – Programming and Software Engineering), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 109:
   • 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. 2004, Robert M. Gray, Lee D. Davisson, An Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing, Cambridge University Press, page 113:
   • We prefer your resume on light colored paper, using standard non-italic, non-boldface type. 1997 December 7, Wisconsin State Journal:

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non-boldfaced