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Subscript

//ˈsʌbskɹɪpt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Written underneath. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    written or printed below and to one side of another character wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character wordnet
  3. 3
    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
  1. 1
    To provide with a subscript. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    To convert to a subscript form. transitive

    "If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O)."

  3. 3
    To access (an array element) by its index. transitive

    "Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sub- + script.

Etymology 2

From sub- + script.

Etymology 3

From sub- + script.

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