marginalia

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Sharp readers will have noticed that, as it's currently designed, the entry's body is the same width as the page's title (700 px), and the marginalia is the same width as the leftmost column we styled earlier (124 px).

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  • Their styles are different—he likes to write marginalia, a lot of comments on the side. —  Challenging Destiny #17
  • In five brief chapters, Leveen explores audio books (one of my New Year†™ s resolutions is to be less snobbish about reading a book with my ears), how to develop a sensible “to be read†list (which he agreeably calls a “List of Candidatesâ€), how to regain the feeling of being in “book loveâ€, and offers a passionate defense of marginalia (the writers of which he calls “footprint leaversâ€). —  January Magazine
  • Since (late) 2004, satisfying your jones for political and cultural commentary, day-old scoops and late-breaking marginalia, and whatever else finagles its way into the cyber-planetary potluck ... —  Snarksmith: new york. gossip. art. politics. pop culture. literature. etc.
  • Sharp readers will have noticed that, as it's currently designed, the entry's body is the same width as the page's title (700 px), and the marginalia is the same width as the leftmost column we styled earlier (124 px). —  Zach Klein's Universal Feed
  • So if, for example, our left-hand marginalia was too wide for —  Zach Klein's Universal Feed
 

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  1. New Latin, neuter pl. of Medieval Latin marginālis, marginal, from Latin margō, margin-, margin; see margin.

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  1. New Latin, neuter plural of marginalis, marginal: see marginal.
 

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/mɑrdʒɪˈneɪliə/
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