SUBSCRIPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subscript mean? 

• SUBSCRIPT (noun)
  The noun SUBSCRIPT has 1 sense:

1. a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

  Familiarity information: SUBSCRIPT used as a noun is very rare.

• SUBSCRIPT (adjective)
  The adjective SUBSCRIPT has 1 sense:

1. written or printed below and to one side of another character

  Familiarity information: SUBSCRIPT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSCRIPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

inferior; subscript

Hypernyms ("subscript" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Antonym:

superscript (a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character)

Derivation:

subscript (written or printed below and to one side of another character)

• SUBSCRIPT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Written or printed below and to one side of another character

Synonyms:

inferior; subscript

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Antonym:

adscript (written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it)

superscript (written or printed above and to one side of another character)

Derivation:

subscript (a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character)

 Context examples 

Chemical name. (spell Greek characters and don't use superscript or subscript)

(Chemical Name, Food and Drug Administration)