Subscript

Word SUBSCRIPT
Character 9
Hyphenation sub script
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Subscript"

What do we mean by subscript?

A distinguishing character or symbol written directly beneath or next to and slightly below a letter or number. noun

Written beneath. adjective

Written beneath: as, the Greek iota (ι) subscript, so written since the twelfth century in the improper diphthongs ᾳ (α%26ι), ῃ (ηι), ῳ (ωι): opposed to adscript (as in Ἀι, Ἠι, Ὠι). This ι had become mute by about 200 b. c., and was sometimes written (adscript), sometimes omitted.

Something written beneath. noun

Anything written below. noun

Written below or underneath. (See under iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them. See suffix, n., 2, and subindex. adjective

A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it. noun

A numerical index into an array. noun

A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character noun

Written or printed below and to one side of another character adjective

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

A numerical index into an array.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Subscript

The word "subscript" in example sentences

Speaking of R-si, I was amused to learn in my mechanical engineering lecture the other day that "Rsys" sys is a subscript is the numerical expression of the reliability of a system. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

I will copy text * within a single document* (e.g., symbols with subscripts) and when I paste it within the same document, the formatting (of the subscript) is lost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hansen and Quinn give us eight distinct patterns, such as “alpha followed by an epsilon becomes long alpha, alpha followed by epsilon iota becomes long alpha with an iota subscript,” and so on, for eight impossible to memorize (at least for me) rules. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a new subscript and superscript tool that can be used in writing chemical compounds and mathematics equations. ❋ Mr. Byrne (2009)

So the subscript-maneuver undercuts Kaplan's identification of linguistic meaning with character. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Indeed, we have chosen to use the subscript ˜A™ here because the relation in question may aptly be called asymmetrical rigid existential dependence. ❋ Lowe, E. Jonathan (2009)

The subscript ˜R™ is used here because it seems appropriate to call this species of existential dependence of one entity upon another rigid existential dependence. ❋ Lowe, E. Jonathan (2009)

All that is missing for notation is the subscript S on the integration sign to designate surface integral; and this is not particularly unusual or exceptional. ❋ EliRabett (2009)

The new equation editor, subscript, and superscript tools make it possible for math and science teachers and their students to use Google Docs for more of their document creations. ❋ Mr. Byrne (2009)

The sign outside said WME2—kind of like a vanity plate, but with a little “M” and a subscript “2.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Error:Array variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(We shall need the subscript ˜E™ for other use later.) ❋ Lowe, E. Jonathan (2009)

It's simply that Arthur's notation is standard and identical in every respect to what Wolfram does -- excepting only the omission of the subscript S on the integral sign to help underline that it is a surface integral. ❋ EliRabett (2009)

University of Chicago Press 2008 journal subscript ... ❋ Unknown (2007)

There's NO notation difference from the Wolfram reference, apart from using "x" rather than "a" as the integration variable to identify a point on the surface, and omitting the subscript "S" on the integration sign. ❋ EliRabett (2009)

For instance the sausage instability a kind of plasma flow instability may occur in cases where B subscript "z" = 0 or kink instability where B subscript "z" does not equal 0. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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