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subscript

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1. subscript - Noun

2. subscript - Adjective

3. subscript - Verb

Meaning

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.

Anything written below.

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Alternatively, some authors denote hexadecimal values using a suffix or subscript. Source: Internet

If the transformation matrix of an index is the basis transformation itself, then the index is called covariant and is denoted with a lower index (subscript). Source: Internet

Capital letters used in the subscript indicate that h FE refers to a direct current circuit. Source: Internet

If the third quark is heavy, its identity is given by a subscript. Source: Internet

In these three, sequence types (C arrays, Java arrays and lists, and Lisp lists and vectors) are indexed beginning with the zero subscript. Source: Internet

In this context, the opening bracket is often pronounced as "sub", indicating a subscript. Source: Internet

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