D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Subscript

· Sub·script · IPA /ˈsʌbskɹɪpt/
01 a. Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), wri…
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    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.(Math.) See: Iota, Suffix, Subindex
02 n. Anything written below.
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    Anything written below.