Italic



noun
1.
(PLURAL) (letters in slanting type. In that book he use italics for all the words in an example except the word being explained) អក្សរជ្រៀង
Example: Most of this sentence is printed in italic.
adjective
1.
(designating or of a type in shish the characters slant upwards to the right, having to do with a type in which the letters slant to the right) ដែលផ្ដេក, ជ្រៀង, ដែលអ៊ីតាលីក (អក្សរពុម្ពម៉្យាង)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
An Italic letter, character, or type; -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
adjective
1.
Relating to Italy or to its people.
2.
Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.