English Dictionary

subscript

verb

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

I will subscript the variable in the equation.

意味（1）

(mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript.

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.

意味（2）

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

If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O).

意味（3）

(programming, transitive) To access (an array element) by its index.

Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.