"subscript" meaning in English

See subscript in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Etymology: From sub- + script. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{prefix|en|sub|script}} sub- + script Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subscript (not comparable)
  1. Written underneath. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: superscribe
    Sense id: en-subscript-en-adj-F~TPVMY0

Noun

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Etymology: From sub- + script. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{prefix|en|sub|script}} sub- + script Head templates: {{en-noun}} subscript (plural subscripts)
  1. (typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it. Categories (topical): Typography Translations (a type of lettering form): долен индекс (dolen indeks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), subíndex [masculine] (Catalan), 下標 /下标 (xiàbiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), dolní index [masculine] (Czech), alaindeksi (Finnish), indice [masculine] (French), lettre inférieure [feminine] (French), Subskript [neuter] (German), Tiefstellung [feminine] (German), tiefgestelltes Zeichen [neuter] (German), tiefgestelltes Druckzeichen [neuter] (German), tiefstehendes Zeichen [neuter] (German), δείκτης (deíktis) [masculine] (Greek), alsó index (Hungarian), foscript [feminine] (Irish), pedice [masculine] (Italian), 下付き (shitatsuki) (alt: したつき) (Japanese), индекс (indeks) [masculine] (Macedonian), подзнак (podznak) [masculine] (Macedonian), senket skrift (Norwegian Bokmål), subscrito [masculine] (Portuguese), ни́жний и́ндекс (nížnij índɛks) [masculine] (Russian), субскри́пт (subskrípt) [masculine] (Russian), dolný index [masculine] (Slovak), subíndice [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-subscript-en-noun-eqJWWPfN Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'a type of lettering form': 98 2
  2. (programming) An index into an array or hash. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-subscript-en-noun-n7AHt5YX Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: iota subscript Related terms: script, subscribe, subscription

Verb

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Etymology: From sub- + script. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{prefix|en|sub|script}} sub- + script Head templates: {{en-verb}} subscript (third-person singular simple present subscripts, present participle subscripting, simple past and past participle subscripted)
  1. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics, Sciences, Typography
    Sense id: en-subscript-en-verb-Is6G5m8I Topics: mathematics, media, publishing, sciences, typography
  2. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a text) To convert to a subscript form. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics, Sciences, Typography
    Sense id: en-subscript-en-verb-Sztfl~hS Topics: mathematics, media, publishing, sciences, typography
  3. (programming, transitive) To access (an array element) by its index. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming
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Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kreybʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sub",
        "3": "script"
      },
      "expansion": "sub- + script",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sub- + script.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "subscript (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "superscribe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Written underneath."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-subscript.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subscript.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subscript.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subscript.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-subscript.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "subscript"
  ],
  "word": "subscript"
}

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