Lexicographical Neighbors of Overscore
Literary usage of Overscore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1915)
"In computing the summation of scores the highest weight (double underscore) is
counted as 5, the next as 4, and so on down to the double overscore ..."
2. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"Cross out and rewrite. 11. Do not fasten sheets of copy together. 12. Be particularly
careful if obliged to write long-hand copy. Underscore u and overscore ..."
3. The Practice of Journalism: A Treatise on Newspaper-making by Walter Williams, Frank L. Martin (1922)
"Underscore u and overscore n when there is any chance of confusion. Likewise,
underscore a and overscore o. Print proper names and unusual words. ..."
4. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1920)
"And along with this is a continual emotional strain caused by her resistance to
the temptation to underscore some and overscore others. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1902)
"277. theoretical; an overscore, thus, V1, shows that the article is descriptive
or practical, x = illustrated. © = very fully illustrated. ..."
6. How to Measure in Education by William Anderson McCall (1922)
"... caused by her resistance to the temptation to underscore some and overscore
others. The True-False examination is more educative for the pupils. ..."
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