subscript

subscript
/sub"skript/, adj.
1. written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
2. inferior (def. 9).
n.
3. inferior (def. 11).
4. Also called subfix. any character, number, or symbol written next to and slightly below another.
[1695-1705; < L subscriptus (ptp. of subscribere to SUBSCRIBE), equiv. to sub- SUB- + scrib(ere) to write + -tus ptp. suffix]

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