subscript

n.
A distinguishing character or symbol written directly beneath or next to and slightly below a letter or number.

adj.
Written beneath.

[From Latin subscrīptus, past participle of subscrībere, to subscribe. See subscribe.]

(1) In word processing and scientific notation, a digit or symbol that appears below the line; for example, H₂O, the symbol for water. Contrast with superscript.

(2) In programming, a method for referencing data in a table. For example, in pricetable, the statement to reference a specific price in the table might be pricetable (item), ITEM being the subscript variable. In a two-dimensional table that includes price and discount, the statement pricetable (item,discount) could reference a discounted price. The relative locations of the current ITEM and DISCOUNT are kept in two index registers.

(3) In programming, a method for referencing data in a character array. For example, in an array named keycode, keycode[0] would refer to the first byte (starting with 0), the [0] being the subscript notation. The second byte would be referenced with keycode[1] and so on. See pointer.

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Number or letter used to identify a particular element in an array. In mathematics, subscripts are written below the line, as in x₁, or a₂₃. In most computer languages, however, subscripts are enclosed in parentheses, as in X_(l) or A_(J).

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sænke skrift
n. - sænket skrift, indeks

Nederlands (Dutch)
subscript (kleiner en lager), onderschrift

Français (French)
adj. - souscrit
n. - indice

Deutsch (German)
n. - tiefgestellter Index
adj. - tiefgestellt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαθημ.) κάτω δείκτης (ως χαρακτηρισμός μαθηματικού συμβόλου)
adj. - υπογεγραμμένος, γραμμένος στο κάτω μέρος

Italiano (Italian)
sottoscritto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subscrito (m)
adj. - subscrito

Русский (Russian)
приписка, подпись

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escrito debajo de una letra
n. - subíndice, signo escrito debajo de una letra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedsänkt text
adj. - nedsänkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
写在底下的, 写在底下的数字

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 寫在底下的
n. - 寫在底下的數位

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아래에 적은
n. - 아래에 적은 문자.숫자.기호

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 下に書かれた
n. - 下付き文字

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شيء مكتوب تحت حرف (صفه) مكتوب تحت حرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נכתב מתחת לשורה, בעיקר סמל מתמטי, כתוב בכתיבה תחתית‬
n. - ‮סמל או מספר הנכתב מתחת לשורה‬

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