different between subscript vs script

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

See Wiktionary:Scripts for information about scripts on Wiktionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scr?b? (“write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Noun

script (countable and uncountable, plural scripts)

1. (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.

   Synonyms: cursive, hand, handwriting, manuscript

2. Written characters; style of writing.
3. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

   Synonym: cursive

4. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
5. (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.

   Hyponyms: screenplay, teleplay

6. (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.

   Synonyms: batch file, macro, shell script

   Hyponyms: coffeescript, here-script, postscript

7. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

   Synonyms: language script, writing system

8. Short for prescription.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• scripture

Translations

Verb

script (third-person singular simple present scripts, present participle scripting, simple past and past participle scripted)

1. (transitive) To make or write a script.
2. (transitive) To devise, concoct, or contrive.

Translations

References

• script in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• crispt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skr?pt/
• Hyphenation: script
• Rhymes: -?pt

Noun

script n (plural scripts, diminutive scriptje n)

1. script (written text of a dramatic performance)

See also

• scenario

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English script. Doublet of écrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?ipt/

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

1. script (written dialogue for a play, film, etc.)

Further reading

• “script” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• szkript

Etymology

Borrowed from English script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?skript]
• Hyphenation: script

Noun

script (plural scriptek)

1. (computing) script

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English script. Doublet of escrito.

Noun

script m (plural scripts)

1. (acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)

   Synonym: roteiro

2. (computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)

Related terms

• escrito

Romanian

Etymology

Initially inherited from Latin scriptum as the past participle of scrie, which was later replaced by scris. The current meaning is borrowed from English script.

Noun

script n (plural scripturi)

1. script (of a film, play, show, etc.)

Synonyms

• scenariu

Related terms

• scriptic