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This tag encloses a term to be defined in a definition list. Contents are rendered in their own block, without any first-line indent or margin-indent.

The <dt> tag acts like a heading in that hyphenation is suppressed within the tag, and it defaults to left-alignment rather than justification.

Attributes

class, id, lang, style, title (ignored)

Sample

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Sample Code

<dl>
<dt>eBook</dt>
<dd>An electronic book, usually read on a laptop&rsquo;s LCD screen or on a palmtop computer.</dd>
</dl>

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