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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -701,9 +701,10 @@ Appendix A: Glossary</h2>
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<dt> <dfn lt="atomic inline|atomic inline box">atomic inline</dfn>
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- An inline-level box that is replaced or that establishes a new formatting context.
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- (An inline-level box whose <a>inner display type</a> is not ''flow''
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- establishes a new formatting context of the specified <a>inner display type</a> .)
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+ An inline-level box that is replaced (such as an image)
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+ or that establishes a new formatting context (such as an ''inline-block'' or ''inline-table'' ).
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+ Any inline-level box whose <a>inner display type</a> is not ''flow''
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+ establishes a new formatting context of the specified <a>inner display type</a> .
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<dt> <dfn lt="block container|block container box">block container</dfn>
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Often used to refer to a <a>block formatting context</a> <em> root</em> ,
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that is, a <a>block box</a> that establishes a new <a>block formatting context</a>
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for its contents.
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+ <dt> <dfn>out-of-flow</dfn>
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+ <dt> <dfn>in-flow</dfn>
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+ <dd>
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+ A box is <a>in-flow</a> if it is floated (via 'float' )
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+ or absolutely-positioned (via ''absolute'' or ''fixed'' positioning).
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+ A box is <a>in-flow</a> if it not <a>out-of-flow</a> .
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+ Note: some formatting contexts inhibit floating,
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+ so that an element with ''float: left'' is not necessarily <a>out-of-flow</a> .
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</dl>
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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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