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back_matter

back matter

See also: backmatter and back-matter

English

Noun

back matter

The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the end matter.

Translations

parts of a book that appear after the text

Danish: bagtekst
Finnish: jälkiteksti
French: posttexte
German: Nachspann

Icelandic: baktexti
Norwegian: baktekst, ettertekst, posttekst
Swedish: eftertext (sv)

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Alternative forms

Synonyms

end matter

References

Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) ISBN 82-00-22901-7