Associations to the word «Subscript»

Wiktionary

SUBSCRIPT, noun. (printing) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
SUBSCRIPT, noun. (computing) A numerical index into an array.

Dictionary definition

SUBSCRIPT, noun. A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character.
SUBSCRIPT, adjective. Written or printed below and to one side of another character.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky