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.
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Subscript
/ˈsʌbskɹɪpt/
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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.
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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.
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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.
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