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*Terms that are not defined at that point in the text, but are nonetheless "technical", although will likely appear in numerous other articles in Wikipedia. Here, the "emphasize only the first time used on a page" rule could apply. Example (from [[Plant]]):
::Groups at this level of organization, collectively called ''bryophytes'', include….
*Words as words: <code>''Deuce'' means ''two''.</code>, Seeor also:<code>"deuce" [[Wikipedia:Manualmeans of Style]]"two"</code>, subsectionswhichever '''Captionwill style'''be andclearer '''Stylein forcontext words(consider asan words'''article andwith many quotations, or an article full of italicized foreign terms). See [[Wikipedia:CiteManual yourof sources]]Style#Words foras other useswords|Wikipedia:Manual of italicisedStyle: or"Words as words" subsection]] for obliquemore textinformation.
*See also [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Captions|Wikipedia:Manual of Style: "Captions" subsection]] and [[Wikipedia:Cite your sources]] for other uses of italicized (oblique) text.
 
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