docs: rename 'definition lists' to 'description lists' #9535
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Definition lists were renamed to description lists with the release of HTML5, over a decade ago now.
While online documentation was slow to catch up, I have checked and believe "Description Lists" are now a more common term for learners of HTML.
As TiddlyWiki primarily targets HTML output, I believe we should go with this now-established wording.
I did include "definition lists" within the tiddler to ease search as well.
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I am conscious this would become out of sync with the French edition stored under
editions/fr-FR/tiddlers/wikitext/Definitions in WikiText.tid. I suggest following the wording in the MDN guidance for someone who speaks the language.Additional context
I was not aware of this functionality until I read through Wikipedia's page on lightweight markup languages, so I think using the newer term for these lists will help new and existing users find the WikiText syntax for them.
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