Meaning

(typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it..

Definitions by Sense

1. (typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
2. (programming) An index into an array or hash.
3. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript.
4. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a text) To convert to a subscript form.
5. (programming, transitive) To access (an array element) by its index.
6. Written underneath.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.

Word Forms

• subscripts
• subscripting
• subscripted

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When Should You Use Subscript?

Use subscript when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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