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702702 <dt> <dfn lt="atomic inline|atomic inline box">atomic inline</dfn>
703703 <dd>
704- An inline-level box that is replaced or that establishes a new formatting context.
705- (An inline-level box whose <a>inner display type</a> is not ''flow''
706- establishes a new formatting context of the specified <a>inner display type</a> .)
704+ An inline-level box that is replaced (such as an image)
705+ or that establishes a new formatting context (such as an ''inline-block'' or ''inline-table'' ).
706+ Any inline-level box whose <a>inner display type</a> is not ''flow''
707+ establishes a new formatting context of the specified <a>inner display type</a> .
707708
708709 <dt> <dfn lt="block container|block container box">block container</dfn>
709710 <dd>
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788789 Often used to refer to a <a>block formatting context</a> <em> root</em> ,
789790 that is, a <a>block box</a> that establishes a new <a>block formatting context</a>
790791 for its contents.
792+
793+ <dt> <dfn>out-of-flow</dfn>
794+ <dt> <dfn>in-flow</dfn>
795+ <dd>
796+ A box is <a>in-flow</a> if it is floated (via 'float' )
797+ or absolutely-positioned (via ''absolute'' or ''fixed'' positioning).
798+ A box is <a>in-flow</a> if it not <a>out-of-flow</a> .
799+
800+ Note: some formatting contexts inhibit floating,
801+ so that an element with ''float: left'' is not necessarily <a>out-of-flow</a> .
791802 </dl>
792803
793804 See [[!CSS2]] <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html">Chapter 9</a> for a fuller definition of these terms.
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