two column nomenclature in a journal paper--LaTex
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{mdframed} \usepackage{multicol} \begin{document} \begin{figure*} \centering \begin{mdframed} \begin{multicols}{2} \textbf{Nomenclature} \begin{description} \item[term1] explanation explanation \item[term2] explanation explanation \item[term3] explanation explanation \item[term4] explanation explanation % \item[term6] explanation explanation % \item[term7] explanation explanation % \item[term8] explanation explanation % \item[term9] explanation explanation \end{description} \end{multicols} \end{mdframed} \end{figure*} \end{document}
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