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hypertexts

hypertexts is the plural of hypertext.

Meaning of hypertext

Noun

hypertext (countable and uncountable, plural hypertexts)

  1. (uncountable) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.
    • We do not read hypertext the same way we read a novel, and browsing the Web is a different experience from reading a book or newspaper.2009, Christian Vandendorpe, Phyllis Aronoff, and Howard Scott (Phyllis Aronoff, Howard Scott, transl.), From Papyrus to Hypertext: Toward the Universal Digital Library, University of Illinois Press...
  2. (countable) A hypertext document.
    • A hypertext system, then, is a memex-like device for creating and manipulating hypertexts, both for on-line browsing, and for reducing selected portions of such texts to . .1969, S. Carmody, W. Gross, T. Nelson, D. Rice, and A. van Dam, “A Hypertext Editing System for the /360”, in Michael Faiman and Jurg Nievergelt, Pertinent Concepts in Computer Graphics: Proceedings...

Questions about hypertexts

What is hypertexts the plural of?
Hypertexts is the plural of hypertext.

Words near hypertexts in the dictionary

  1. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  2. hypertextbook
  3. hypertextbooks
  4. hypertexted
  5. hypertextify
  6. hypertexts
  7. hypertextual
  8. hypertextualities
  9. hypertextuality
  10. hypertextualization
  11. hypertextualize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypertexts (page history and authors); hypertext (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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