different between subscript vs adscript

English

Etymology

sub- +? script

Noun

subscript (plural subscripts)

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

   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. (computing) A numerical index into an array.

Antonyms

• superscript

Related terms

• script
• subscribe
• subscription

Translations

Verb

subscript (third-person singular simple present subscripts, present participle subscripting, simple past and past participle subscripted)

1. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript.
   • 1996, Nancy A. Lynch, Distributed Algorithms, Elsevier, page 210:

     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.

   • 2011, William M. Davis (original author Cifford E. Dykstra), Physical Chemistry: A Modern Introduction (Second Edition), CRC Press, page 424:

     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. (mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a text) To convert to a subscript form.

Antonyms

• superscript

Adjective

subscript (not comparable)

1. Written underneath.

See also

• Appendix:Subscript
• superscribe

English

Etymology

From Latin adscriptus, past participle of adscribere (“to enroll”). See ascribe.

Noun

adscript (plural adscripts)

1. A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
2. (typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.

See also

• subscript
• superscript

Adjective

adscript (not comparable)

1. Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Translations

Verb

adscript (third-person singular simple present adscripts, present participle adscripting, simple past and past participle adscripted)

1. (transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

Anagrams

• practis'd