callout
- noun
- /ˈkælˌaʊt/
- When the student gets home from trying to study the book on the subway, they'll have to type in the URL and approximate in their mind where the callout is pointing to in the online picture.
Examples
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I have added callouts to the pictures to better describe the unit and its components.
Blog text (33) -
A callout for each illustration and each table must be placed in the text.
Academic text (2012) -
Tables should be placed at the end of the file, following text and references, with callouts for each in the text.
Academic text (2015) -
Notice there are callouts from the bottom image placeholder.
Blog text (19) -
The date callouts show that the comparable levels in the past were associated with inflationary peaks.
Blog text (21) -
His callouts remained at an unacceptable level of 20 occurrences (see Figure 1).
Academic text (1991) -
It includes a detailed cutaway photograph of a typical Type I regulator with callouts explaining the "Do-All" valve theory of operation and the materials and specification options available.
Academic text (1994) -
Serge, #240: Okay, I just caught a callout that I completely missed in the original Dark Phoenix storyline—though this is hardly surprising, since I'd never even heard of that movie.
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The diagram includes a callout that explains how the solar panel functions.
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Each callout on the infographic highlights important statistics related to climate change.
Synonyms
A short explanation under a picture that tells what it shows
A short line of text under a photograph that explains who or what is shown
A short note added to a text or diagram to explain it
Compounds
How Informative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word callout comes from call + out, like 'calling attention to' one part of something. Think of a label or arrow that points to a detail in a picture, so a callout is a note or label that highlights a specific part.