subscript — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

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

   Exemplos

   Mais exemplos (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.

   Exemplos

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   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

   Exemplos

   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

   Exemplos

   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

   Exemplos

   Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.

Adjetivo

1. Written underneath.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Palavras relacionadas

   superscribe

Adjetivo

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

   Sinônimos

   inferior

   Antônimos

   adscriptsuperscript

Substantivo

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

   Sinônimos

   inferior

   Antônimos

   superscript

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