[syn: subscript, inferior]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subscript \Sub"script\, a. [L. subscriptus, p. p. See
Subscribe.]
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Subscript \Sub"script\, n.
Anything written below. --Bentley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
subscript
adj 1: written or printed below and to one side of another
character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant:
adscript, superior, superscript]
n 1: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "subscript":
PS, Parthian shot, addendum, afterthought, appendix, back matter,
chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, conclusion, consequence,
continuance, continuation, double take, dying words, envoi,
epilogue, follow-through, follow-up, last words, parting shot,
peroration, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, refrain,
second thought, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent,
sequitur, suffix, supplement, swan song, tag