different between subscript vs subindex

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

sub- +? index

Noun

subindex (plural subindexes or subindices)

1. A subsidiary index, or one that represents a sector of a larger one
2. (mathematics) A subscript