subscript — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   In chemical formulas the number of atoms in a molecule is written as a subscript, so we write H₂O for water which has two atoms of hydrogen for each one of oxygen.

2. An index into an array or hash.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   If the container is subscriptable and you remember the position where a particular piece of data was stored, you can use the subscript to efficiently retrieve the data.

Verbo

1. To provide with a subscript.

   Uso

   • transitivo
   • of a variable

   Esempi

   As in the chapters on the synchronous model, we use the convention of subscripting a variable by the index of the process at which the variable resides.

   The elements of these matrices are subscripted with a row–column index, that is, with two integers that give the row and column position in the array.

2. To convert to a subscript form.

   Uso

   • transitivo
   • of a text

   Esempi

   If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O).

3. To access (an array element) by its index.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.

Aggettivo

1. Written underneath.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Parole correlate

   superscribe

Aggettivo

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

   Sinonimi

   inferior

   Contrari

   adscriptsuperscript

Sostantivo

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

   Sinonimi

   inferior

   Contrari

   superscript

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