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403403Flex Layout Box Model and Terminology</h2>
404404
405405 <p>
406- A box with ''display:flex'' or ''display:inline-flex'' is a <i> flex container</i> .
407- Children of a flex container are called <i> flex items</i> and are laid out using the flex layout model.
406+ A <dfn export>flex container</dfn> is the box generated by an element with a
407+ computed 'display' of 'flex' or 'inline-flex' .
408+ In-flow children of a flex container are called <dfn export title="flex item" id="flex-item">flex items</dfn>
409+ and are laid out using the flex layout model.
408410
409411 <p>
410412 Unlike block and inline layout,
@@ -491,7 +493,7 @@ Flex Containers: the <a href="#display-flex">''flex''</a> and <a href="#display-
491493 </dl>
492494
493495 <p>
494- A <dfn export >flex container</dfn > establishes a new <dfn export>flex formatting context</dfn> for its contents.
496+ A <i > flex container</i > establishes a new <dfn export>flex formatting context</dfn> for its contents.
495497 This is the same as establishing a block formatting context,
496498 except that flex layout is used instead of block layout:
497499 floats do not intrude into the flex container,
@@ -511,9 +513,10 @@ Flex Containers: the <a href="#display-flex">''flex''</a> and <a href="#display-
511513 all of the 'column-*' properties in the Multicol module have no effect on a flex container.
512514
513515 <li>
514- 'float' and 'clear' have no effect on a <i> flex item</i> .
515- (However, the 'float' property still affects the computed value of 'display' on children of a flex container,
516- as this occurs <em> before</em> <i> flex items</i> are determined.)
516+ 'float' and 'clear' have no effect on a <i> flex item</i> ,
517+ and do not take it out-of-flow.
518+ However, the 'float' property can still affect box generation
519+ by influencing the 'display' property's computed value.
517520
518521 <li>
519522 'vertical-align' has no effect on a flex item.
@@ -535,7 +538,7 @@ Flex Containers: the <a href="#display-flex">''flex''</a> and <a href="#display-
535538Flex Items</h2>
536539
537540 <p>
538- The contents of a <i> flex container</i> consists of zero or more <dfn export title="flex item" id="flex-item" >flex items</dfn > :
541+ The contents of a <i> flex container</i> consists of zero or more <i > flex items</i > :
539542 each in-flow child of a <i> flex container</i>
540543 becomes a <i> flex item</i> ,
541544 and each contiguous run of text that is directly contained inside a <i> flex container</i>
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