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Contents 1 <dt> 1.1 Point 1.2 HTML Attributes 1.3 Examples 1.3.1 Example A 1.4 HTML Reference

<dt>

The <dt> element represents the term, or name, part of a term-description group in a description list.

Point

• The dt element itself, when used in a dl element, does not indicate that its contents are a term being defined, but this can be indicated using the dfn element.

HTML Attributes

See global attributes.

Examples

Example A

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<dl>
  <dt>term1</dt>
  <dd>definition1</dd>
  <dt>term2</dt>
  <dd>definition2</dd>
</dl>

HTML Reference

The HTML5 specification defines the <dt> element in 4.5.9 The dt element.