'Subscript' definitions:
Definition of 'subscript'
From: WordNet
adjective
Written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior, superscript]
noun
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]
Definition of 'Subscript'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Subscript'
From: GCIDE
- Subscript \Sub"script\, n. Anything written below. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subscript'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Parthian shot,
- parting shot,
- peroration,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- PS,
- refrain,
- second thought,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- suffix,
- supplement,
- swan song,
- tag