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单词 subscript
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subscriptadj.n.

Brit. /ˈsʌbskrɪpt/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌskrɪpt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subscriptus, subscrībere.
Etymology: < classical Latin subscriptus, past participle of subscrībere subscribe v. Compare earlier superscript n. and later superscript adj. Compare also earlier subscription 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.
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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 nm 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Brit. /ˈsʌbskrɪpt/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌskrɪpt/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: subscript n.
Etymology: < subscript n. Compare earlier subscripted adj.
Chiefly Mathematics and Computing.
transitive. To provide or label with a subscript. Also intransitive: to make use of subscripts.
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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).
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