subscript

Plural: subscripts

Noun

• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
• A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
• An index into an array or hash.

Adjective

• written or printed below and to one side of another character

Verb

• To provide with a subscript.
• To convert to a subscript form.
• To access (an array element) by its index.

Adj

• Written underneath.

Examples

• "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."

Synonyms

inferior

Antonyms

adscript, superscript

Related Words

script, subscribe, subscription, superscribe

Anagrams of subscript