'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]