English Dictionary

subscript

名詞

(typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it. / (programming) An index into an array or hash.

日本語の意味

タイポグラフィにおいて、周囲の文字より下に配置される文字形式（下付き文字） / プログラミングにおいて、配列やハッシュの添字（インデックス）を示す

In chemical formulas, the subscript indicates the number of atoms of each element.

化学式では、下付き文字が各元素の原子数を示します。

意味（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.

意味（2）

(programming) An index into an array or hash.

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.

subscripts （ plural ）