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1. (mathematics) Indicates theexponent (either as anumber, or as a lettervariable) in apower expression.

   3²=9

   2ⁿ=16 for n=4

   • 2010, "The Late Philip J. Fry", season 6, episode 7 ofFuturama

     [Fry, Bender and Professor Farnsworth are inside a time machine, travelling through the far future. Eventually, they watch the end of the universe.]

     Professor Farnsworth: The last proton should be decaying about now.

     [written on the time machine display]: YEAR 1×10⁴⁰ AD

     Fry: Bye, last proton.

2. (chemistry) Indicates the number ofneutrons of anisotope.

   ³He

3. (chemistry) The plus (+) or minus (−) sign indicate thecharge ofions andsubatomic particles. Usually, they are accompanied by anumber, except when the number would be 1.

   Na⁺Cl⁻

4. (IPA) Coloring of the superscript sound onto another, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic sound.
5. Used for symbols that are secondary to the main text, such as™,℠,^®.
6. Footnotes and annotations. e.g.*,**,†,‡

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1. Optionally used in abbreviations ofordinal numbers:1ˢᵗ,2ⁿᵈ,3ʳᵈ,4ᵗʰ =1st,2nd,3rd,4th.

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1. Used in the abbreviations ofordinal numbers:1º,2º,3º,4º.
2. Used in the abbreviations of someforms of address:ex.ᵐᵒ =excelentíssimo;m.ᵐᵒ =meritíssimo.

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1. Used in the abbreviations ofordinal numbers:1º,2º,3º,4º.

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