@@ -321,15 +321,34 @@ Scrolling Overflow</h3>
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323323<h2 id="overflow-properties">
324- Scrolling and Clipping Overflow</h2>
324+ Clipping and Scrolling Overflow</h2>
325+
326+ The properties in this chapter specify whether and where a box’s [=overflow=] is clipped;
327+ if so, whether it is a [=scroll container=] ;
328+ and if so, in which axis(es) it is allowed to scroll,
329+ thus which of the following types of [=scroll container=] it is:
330+
331+ <dl>
332+ <dt> <dfn>single-axis scroll container</dfn>
333+ <dd>
334+ A [=scroll container=] that can scroll in only one axis.
335+
336+ <dt> <dfn>dual-axis scroll container</dfn>
337+ <dd>
338+ A [=scroll container=] that can scroll in both axes.
339+
340+ <dt> <dfn>block-axis scroll container</dfn>
341+ <dt> <dfn>inline-axis scroll container</dfn>
342+ <dt> <dfn>x-axis scroll container</dfn>
343+ <dt> <dfn>y-axis scroll container</dfn>
344+ <dd>
345+ A [=scroll container=] that can scroll in the specified axis,
346+ regardless of whether it can also scroll in the other axis.
347+ </dl>
325348
326349<h3 id="overflow-control">
327350Managing Overflow: the 'overflow-x', 'overflow-y', and 'overflow' properties</h3>
328351
329- These properties specify whether a box’s [=overflow=] is clipped,
330- and if so,
331- whether it is a [=scroll container=] .
332-
333352 <pre class=propdef>
334353 Name : overflow-x, overflow-y, overflow-block, overflow-inline
335354 Value : visible | hidden | clip | scroll | auto
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