subscript
noun
- smaller characters floating below the baseline
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbskɹɪpt/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script.
- Written underneath.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script.
- A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
“In chemical formulas the number of atoms in a molecule is written as a subscript, so we write H₂O for water which has two atoms of hydrogen for each one of oxygen.”
- An index into an array or hash.
“If the container is subscriptable and you remember the position where a particular piece of data was stored, you can use the subscript to efficiently retrieve the data.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script.
- To provide with a subscript.
“As in the chapters on the synchronous model, we use the convention of subscripting a variable by the index of the process at which the variable resides.”
“The elements of these matrices are subscripted with a row–column index, that is, with two integers that give the row and column position in the array.”
- To convert to a subscript form.
“If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O).”
- To access (an array element) by its index.
“Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.”