noun🔗ShareA type of lettering form written lower than the things around it."In the formula H₂O, the "2" is a subscript, indicating there are two hydrogen atoms. "languagetypewritingtechnicalmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA numerical index into an array."To find the third student's score in the list, you would look at the element with the subscript 3. "computingmathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a variable) To provide with a subscript."The teacher asked us to subscript the variable 'x' with the number of the trial, so each 'x' would be unique. "mathtechnicalwritinglanguagenumberwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a text) To convert to a subscript form."To properly display the chemical formula for water, you need to subscript the number "2" in H₂O. "writinglanguagetypemathtechnicalcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareWritten underneath."The subscript number in H₂O indicates there are two hydrogen atoms. "writinglanguagetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
