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English
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[edit]text box (plural text boxes)
- (typography) A block of printed text contained within borders that is intended to be read separately from the major text of the page.
- 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, , page 4:
- The graphic design of secondary schoolbooks, which includes many text boxes, captions, labelled diagrams, thought bubbles, etc., introduced a certain level of noise into the scanning and OCR[.]
- (computing, graphical user interface) A rectangular widget that accepts textual input on an interactive electronic display.
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[edit]box containing text
widget that accepts textual input
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