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subscript - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'subscript' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Subscript [ a.]
- Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (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; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.
2 . Subscript [ n.]
- Anything written below.