Cascade

Is multiple stylesheets put together; Later styles rule over earlier styles.

Example

Having the font defined by the body copy. Having a second font defined by the div. The

element inside the div will have the divs font treatment and not the body copies.

Inheritance

Is a style that is applied to an element inside of a parent.

Example:

having a font and color applied to a div, and the

element has the same style applied to it.

Specificity

When there are 2 or more declarations that apply to one element and same property. The selector with the most specific selector will take precedence

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