\newglossaryentry (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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#### 25.3.1 `\newglossaryentry`

Synopsis, one of:

    \newglossaryentry{label}
    {
      name={name},
      description={description},
      other options, ...
    }

or

    \longnewglossaryentry{label}
    {
      name={name},
      other options ...,
    }
    {description}

Declare a new entry for a glossary. The label must be unique for the document. The settings associated with the label are pairs: `key=value`.

This puts the blackboard bold symbol for the real numbers ℝ in the glossary.

    \newglossaryentry{R}
    {
      name={\ensuremath{\mathbb{R}}},
      description={the real numbers},
    }

Use the second command form if the description spans more than one paragraph.

For a full list of keys see the package documentation on CTAN but here are a few.

`name`

  (Required.) The word, phrase, or symbol that you are defining.

`description`

  (Required.) The description that will appear in the glossary. If this has more than one paragraph then you must use the second command form given in the synopsis.

`plural`

  The plural form of name. Refer to the plural form using `\glspl` or `\Glspl` (see \gls).

`sort`

  How to place this entry in the list of entries that the glossary holds.

`symbol`

  A symbol, such as a mathematical symbol, besides the name.

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