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Typographic symbol (underline)
An underscore or underline is a line drawn under a segment of text. In proofreading, underscoring is a convention that says "set this text in italic type", traditionally used on manuscript or typescript as an instruction to the printer. Its use to add emphasis in modern finished documents is generally avoided. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: UnderscoreA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida speciesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: A new English grammar, by A. Allen and J. CornwellThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Bacteriome and Mycobiome Interactions Underscore Microbial Dysbiosis in Familial Crohn’s DiseaseCited 418 times
- Go sideways: Macron belowA closely related topic
- Go sideways: OverlineA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A line drawn under a segment of text, especially to add emphasis.
Noun The typographic mark or punctuation symbol ⟨ _ ⟩, used to indicate word boundaries in situations where spaces are not allowed.
Noun A piece of background music.
Verb To draw a line beneath a segment of text.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Bacteriome and Mycobiome Interactions Underscore Microbial Dysbiosis in Familial Crohn’s Disease
Phylodynamic Analyses of Rotavirus Genotypes G9 and G12 Underscore Their Potential for Swift Global Spread
Genome-wide Lineage-Specific Transcriptional Networks Underscore Ikaros-Dependent Lymphoid Priming in Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Multiple models and experiments underscore large uncertainty in soil carbon dynamics
Modulation of the mitochondrial cyclosporin A-sensitive permeability transition pore. II. The minimal requirements for pore induction underscore a key role for transmembrane electrical potential, matrix pH, and matrix Ca2+.
New ISSCR Guidelines Underscore Major Principles for Responsible Translational Stem Cell Research
Responses of GLUT4-Deficient Hearts to Ischemia Underscore the Importance of Glycolysis
Stability and Reproducibility Underscore Utility of RT-QuIC for Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
🆕 Influential since 2022
Recent gene selection and drug resistance underscore clinical adaptation across Candida species
Public engagement: Faculty lived experiences and perspectives underscore barriers and a changing culture in academia
Cellular dynamics in tumour microenvironment along with lung cancer progression underscore spatial and evolutionary heterogeneity of neutrophil
Observations Over a Century Underscore an Increasing Likelihood of Compound Dry‐Hot Events in China
Single-cell transcriptomes underscore genetically distinct tumor characteristics and microenvironment for hereditary kidney cancers
📚 Books worth reading
A new English grammar, by A. Allen and J. CornwellAlexander Allen , James Cornwell · 1841
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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