@@ -422,7 +422,9 @@ Min/Max Size Transfers</h3>
422422 Sizing constraints in either axis
423423 (the <var> origin</var> axis)
424424 are transferred through the [=preferred aspect ratio=]
425- to the other axis (the <var> destination</var> axis)
425+ and applied to any [=indefinite=]
426+ [=minimum size|minimum=] , [=maximum size|maximum=] , or [=preferred size|preferred=] size
427+ in the other axis (the <var> destination</var> axis)
426428 as follows:
427429
428430 * First, any [=definite=] [=minimum size=] is converted and transferred
@@ -437,11 +439,16 @@ Min/Max Size Transfers</h3>
437439 in the <var> destination</var> axis
438440 as well as by the transferred minimum, if any.
439441
442+ Note: Thus, any definite sizes are completely unaffected by a transferred constraint;
443+ and a transferred minimum will never cause an element to exceed a definite preferred/maximum size,
444+ nor will a transferred maximum cause an element to violate its preferred/minimum size.
445+
440446 Note: The basic principle is that sizing constraints
441447 transfer through the aspect-ratio to the other side
442448 to preserve the aspect ratio to the extent that they can
443449 without violating any sizes specified explicitly on that affected axis.
444- <!-- This is the principle that drove the contents of the table in CSS2 Section 10.4. -->
450+ (This is the principle that drove the contents of
451+ the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#min-max-widths">constraint table in CSS2 Section 10.4</a> .)
445452
446453 <div class="example">
447454 In the following example:
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