A quantity displayed above the normal line of text (and generally in a smaller point size), as the "
"
in 
, is called a superscript. Superscripts
are commonly used to indicate raising to a power (
means 
or 
cubed), multiple differentiation
(
is an abbreviation for 
), and a host of
other operations and notations in mathematics.
Superscript
See also
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Superscript." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Superscript.html