@@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ Border box overflow</h3>
277277<h2 id="overflow-properties">
278278Scrollable Overflow: the 'overflow-x', 'overflow-y', and 'overflow' properties</h2>
279279
280+ These properties specify whether a box’s content
281+ (including any <a>ink overflow</a> )
282+ is clipped to its padding edge,
283+ and if so,
284+ whether it is a <dfn>scrollable box</dfn>
285+ that allows the user to scroll clipped parts of its <a>scrollable area</a>
286+ into view.
287+
280288 <pre class=propdef>
281289 Name : overflow-x, overflow-y
282290 Value : ''visible'' | ''hidden'' | ''clip'' | ''scroll'' | ''auto''
@@ -290,13 +298,11 @@ Scrollable Overflow: the 'overflow-x', 'overflow-y', and 'overflow' properties</
290298 </pre>
291299
292300 The 'overflow-x' property specifies
293- the handling of <a>scrollable overflow</a> in the horizontal direction
301+ the handling of <a>overflow</a> in the horizontal direction
294302 (i.e., overflow from the left and right sides of the box),
295303 and the 'overflow-y' property specifies the handling
296- of <a>scrollable overflow</a> in the vertical direction
304+ of <a>overflow</a> in the vertical direction
297305 (i.e., overflow from the top and bottom sides of the box).
298- These properties thereby determine whether or not the box
299- is a <dfn>scrollable box</dfn> .
300306
301307 <pre class=propdef>
302308 Name : overflow
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