Meaning

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

    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.

    Subskript, Tiefstellung, tiefgestelltes Zeichen

    ни́жний и́ндексnížnij índɛks, субскри́птsubskrípt

  2. An index into an array or hash.

More definitions
  • a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a type of lettering form:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a type of lettering form:

Forms

plural: subscripts
Singularsubscript
Pluralsubscripts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character:inferior

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
subscript — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto