subscript

About 1.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

2. noun An index into an array or hash.
3. verb To provide with a subscript.
4. verb To convert to a subscript form.
5. verb To access (an array element) by its index.
6. adjective Written underneath.

Similar words

inferior index iota indicia clue descendant subletter underletter notation indicator

Often followed by

i is of to for s

Word family

subscripts