pseudoselector

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noun

A kind of selector that identifies something not explicitly labelled in the document markup.

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Meanings

nounpseudoselector (plural pseudoselectors)

plural pseudoselectors

  1. InternetCascading Style SheetscomputingA kind of selector that identifies something not explicitly labelled in the document markup.

    But some elements are not necessarily found in the document markup, such as which links have been visited or the first line of a paragraph. To apply style to these instances in a document, CSS provides several pseudoselectors.

    2009, Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Origin

From pseudo- + selector.

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APA

pseudoselector. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoselector

MLA

“pseudoselector.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoselector. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoselector,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoselector.

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