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Deleatur

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001636

A proofreader's mark, resembling a stylized 'd' or a loop, indicating that something should be deleted from the text. It is written in the margin of a proof alongside the text to be removed. This mark is a standard instruction in copyediting and typesetting corrections.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001636
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Deleatur; Spanish: deleatur; French: deleatur
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001636",
  "term": "Deleatur",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A proofreader's mark, resembling a stylized 'd' or a loop, indicating that something should be deleted from the text. It is written in the margin of a proof alongside the text to be removed. This mark is a standard instruction in copyediting and typesetting corrections.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Deleatur",
    "es": "deleatur",
    "fr": "deleatur"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/deleatur/"
}

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