Subscript

Quick meaning: Subscript is a noun meaning (typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (programming) An index into an array or hash.
2. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript.
3. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a text) To convert to a subscript form.
4. (programming, transitive) To access (an array element) by its index.
5. Written underneath.

Example Sentences

Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.

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

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.

Word Forms

• subscripts
• subscripting
• subscripted

Synonyms for subscript

Depending on context, synonyms include inferior.

Antonyms for subscript

Common opposites include superscript, adscript, superior.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inferior, index, iota, indicia, clue, descendant.

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