adj
Meaning 1
Written underneath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
subscript
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An index into an array or hash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 4
To provide with a subscript.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, media, publishing, sciences, typography
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To convert to a subscript form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, media, publishing, sciences, typography
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To access (an array element) by its index.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
written or printed below and to one side of another character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inferior
Antonyms: superscript, adscript
noun
Meaning 8
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inferior
Antonyms: superscript
Broader terms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English subscript From sub- + script.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: долен индекс (dolen indeks) — a type of lettering form
- Catalan: subíndex — a type of lettering form
- Chinese Mandarin: 下標 /下标 (xiàbiāo) — a type of lettering form
- Czech: dolní index — a type of lettering form
- Finnish: alaindeksi — a type of lettering form
- French: indice — a type of lettering form
- French: lettre inférieure — a type of lettering form
- German: Subskript — a type of lettering form
- German: Tiefstellung — a type of lettering form
- German: tiefgestelltes Zeichen — a type of lettering form
- German: tiefgestelltes Druckzeichen — a type of lettering form
- German: tiefstehendes Zeichen — a type of lettering form
- Greek: δείκτης (deíktis) — a type of lettering form
- Hungarian: alsó index — a type of lettering form
- Indonesian: subskrip — a type of lettering form
- Irish: foscript — a type of lettering form
- Italian: pedice — a type of lettering form
- Japanese: 下付き (shitatsuki) — a type of lettering form
- Macedonian: индекс (indeks) — a type of lettering form
- Macedonian: подзнак (podznak) — a type of lettering form
- Norwegian Bokmål: senket skrift — a type of lettering form
- Portuguese: subscrito — a type of lettering form
- Russian: ни́жний и́ндекс (nížnij índɛks) — a type of lettering form
- Russian: субскри́пт (subskrípt) — a type of lettering form
- Slovak: dolný index — a type of lettering form
- Spanish: subíndice — a type of lettering form