@@ -694,16 +694,28 @@ Intrinsic Size Determination</h2>
694694Intrinsic Sizes</h3>
695695
696696 The <a>min-content size</a> of a box in each axis
697- is the size it would have as an
698- ''width/auto'' -sized (in that axis) float in a zero-sized containing block.
697+ is the size it would have if it were
698+ a float given an ''width/auto'' size in that axis
699+ (and no <a lt="min size">minimum</a> or <a>maximum size</a> in that axis)
700+ and whose containing block was <em> zero</em> -sized in that axis.
699701 (In other words, the minimum size it has when sized as “shrink-to-fit”.)
700702
701703 The <a>max-content size</a> of a box in each axis
702- is the size it would have as an
703- ''width/auto'' -sized (in that axis) float in an infinitely-sized containing block.
704+ is the size it would have if it were
705+ a float given an ''width/auto'' size in that axis
706+ (and no <a lt="min size">minimum</a> or <a>maximum size</a> in that axis),
707+ and whose containing block was <em> infinitely</em> -sized in that axis.
704708 (In other words, the maximum size it has when sized as “shrink-to-fit”.)
709+
710+ <p class="note">
711+ Note that when the box has an intrinsic aspect ratio,
712+ size constraints in the opposite dimension will transfer through
713+ and can affect the ''width/auto'' size in the considered one.
714+ See <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html">CSS2§10</a> .
715+
705716 For replaced elements,
706- if this size would depend on the size of the containing block
717+ if the <a>max-content size</a> size would depend
718+ on the size of the containing block
707719 (as it does for images with an intrinsic aspect ratio but no intrinsic size,
708720 see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#inline-replaced-width">CSS2§10.3.2</a> )
709721 and therefore can't be calculated against an infinitely-sized containing block
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