dt
The <strong>HTML <code><dt></code> element</strong> identifies a term in a description list. This element can occur only as a child element of a <a title="The HTML <dl> element represents a description list. The element encloses a list of groups of terms and descriptions. Common uses for this element are to implement a glossary or to display metadata (a list of key-value pairs)." href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dl"><code><dl></code></a>. It is usually followed by a <a title="The HTML <dd> element indicates the description of a term in a description list (<dl>)." href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dd"><code><dd></code></a> element; however, multiple <code><dt></code> elements in a row indicate several terms that are all defined by the immediate next <a title="The HTML <dd> element indicates the description of a term in a description list (<dl>)." href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dd"><code><dd></code></a> element.