Italics

Use italics for the following purposes:

  • Variables and other terms to be interpreted differently than their normal meaning

    Hence, u is even.

    The word leverage is defined in this context as...

  • References to titles of books and periodicals (but not articles)

    The SEMATECH Official Dictionary contains terms and abbreviations from...

Do not italicize commonly used Latin words and abbreviations.

in situ
ibid
et al

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