单词 | subscript |
释义 | subscriptadj.n. A. adj. Written, printed, or inscribed below or underneath something; (chiefly of a letter or symbol) occupying a position below, and usually to the right of, another symbol, letter, expression, etc. Sometimes as postmodifier.Earliest in iota subscript: see iota n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > letter according to position capitala1382 heada1387 final1530 initial1622 principial1625 subscript1683 mediala1749 superscript1793 adscript1812 epenthetic1831 epenthesized1880 non-final1896 society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written below the line subscript1683 sublinear1860 subscripted1897 1683 tr. Eusebius Emperour Constantine's Oration in Hist. Church xvi. 651/1 (note) In all Our Copies, the Kings, the Fuketian, and the Sheets, this word occurs without the ἰῶτα subscript. 1722 tr. D. Martin Genuineness Text 1 John v. 7 ii. xii. 162 The form of the letters is in the main the same with that of our Greek Editions, with accents, spirits, and the iota subscript. 1794 Brit. Critic Feb. 137 και and απανευθε are without accents, and Βορέη and Ζεϕύρω are without the ι subscript. 1829 C. Brooke Synopsis Princ. Formulæ Pure Math. 348 If each combination be multiplied by n–m terms of the second series, such that those indices subscript which did not occur amongst the terms of the first series, may be found amongst those of the second. 1830 G. Peacock Treat. Algebra 498 The first term..is denoted by A0, and the other coefficients by the indeterminate quantities A1, A2, A3, A4, &c., the subscript number being in each case equal to the index of x in the corresponding term. 1871 C. Wordsworth Greek Primer 6 The Dative Singular always ends in ι, which, however, is generally subscript. 1900 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 6 485/2 The subscript cedilla is really a little z. 1933 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 53 89 I quote from Dindorf's text, and cannot say if Θρᾳκω̃ν has the iota subscript in the MSS. or not. 1983 E. Ward & A. Silver Film Director's Team ii. 50 The subscript ‘vo’ indicates ‘voice-over’. 2001 A. Rippin Muslims p. xi For ‘q’, the Encyclopaedia of Islam uses ‘k’ with a subscript dot. B. n. 1. That which is written underneath; a name or passage of text at the bottom or end of a document, chapter, etc.; (sometimes) spec. the signature or valedictory formula at the end of a letter. Cf. subscription n. 1, subscription n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > [noun] sign manual1416 hand-writ1483 firm1574 signature1579 significature1625 subscripta1704 autograph1796 moniker1851 John Hancock1885 John Henry1914 a1704 T. Brown Ep. to Ch. Dives in Wks. (1709) IV. i. 65 By the Subscript, you'll quickly guess The Occasion of this odd Address. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking II. xxxvii. 9 But be they Postscripts or Subscripts; your Translators neither made them, nor recommended them for Scripture. 1815 Monthly Mag. 39 307/2 The subscript, concerning which your correspondent..enquires. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 393 Monsieur Daudet hints that his captivating headline had not a little to do with the sale of its subscript. 1928 S. Leslie Skull of Swift ix. 145 He composed a chronicle of his English exploits and vented his sentimental love in subscript and postscript. 1993 Artibus et Historiae 27 60/2 The two inscriptions on the recto include a long one in the artist's hand, with a short subscript by a notary. 2000 J. Prasad Found. Christian Way of Life iii. 79 According to him the term έκλεκτοί (elect)..appearing later at the subscript of the letter..constitutes an inclusion, which holds the letter together. 2. A subscript letter or symbol. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > letter according to position final1627 initial1627 medial1776 subscript1804 superscript1804 superfix1814 lettrine1891 1804 Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 1 560 This kind of orthography, with its diacritic symbols, superscripts, interscripts, and subscripts, can only be employed for the benefit of the English reader. 1856 J. D. Collis Chief Rules Greek Accentuation (ed. 3) ix. 40 Compounds generally take the diacritical or distinguishing marks, such as accent, subscript, breathing, of the second word. 1901 Mod. Lang. Notes June 323/1 Any of the accented letters, superscripts, subscripts and symbols found in the type-founder's catalogs. 1962 H. D. Bush Atomic & Nucl. Physics iii. 63 A nuclide is indicated by the chemical symbol with the mass number as a superscript and atomic number as a subscript, the latter often being omitted. 2009 R. M. French Engineering the Guitar ii. 20 Each octave is traditionally given a subscript. The lowest note, C0, has a frequency of 16.352 Hz. 3. Computing. A symbol or number used in a program, alone or with others, to specify one of the elements of an array.In practice usually given in brackets following the array name rather than as a subscript character owing to the limitations of computer text. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > [noun] > subscripting > instance of subscript1957 society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > character > particular characters wild card1940 carriage return1950 subscript1957 delimiter1959 1957 Proc. IRE-AIEE-ACM Western Joint Computer Conf. 190/1 The programmer may also employ subscripted variables having three independent subscripts. 1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iii. 145 A three-dimensional array..is an array of two-dimensional arrays. It is accessed by specifying three subscripts. Thus, if the array is B, we can refer to B[I, J, K]. 1982 R. S. Forsyth Pascal at Work & Play xii. 172 Execution errors occur when a program attempts something illogical or impossible... Typical examples are division by zero and trying to use a subscript outside the bounds set for the array. 2006 G. Glass & K. Ables Linux Programmers & Users iv. 154 If you print an array without subscripts, all defined values are printed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). subscriptv. Chiefly Mathematics and Computing. transitive. To provide or label with a subscript. Also intransitive: to make use of subscripts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [verb (transitive)] > below underwritec1430 subscribe1534 undername1632 subscript1916 society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [verb (intransitive)] > provide or label with subscript subscript1966 1916 Amer. Math. Monthly Mar. 87 Subscripting the values at the instant of impact, we have [etc.]. 1966 R. V. Jamison FORTRAN Programming vi. 84 By using one array name and subscripting, we could extend the above X array to X(9999) and have 9999 different variables. 1991 Oxf. Econ. Papers 43 308 If the variables in the vectors X and Z are considered as ‘fixed effects’, i.e. unchanging over time we would not subscript them with time. 1998 D. S. Young & E. J. Huth SI Units for Clin. Measurem. iv. 36 Second modifiers may be subscripted, as in some symbols in this table; this illustrates the conventions of subscripting and of not subscripting. 2003 D. A. McQuarrie Math. Methods Scientists & Engineers vi. 262 We have subscripted the partial derivatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1683v.1916 |
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