Definition of Subscript
a character that is lower than the line of standard text
Examples of Subscript in a sentence
While scanning over the material in the science textbook, the student was quickly able to point out the name of a chemical compound due to the subscript written in it.
“H2O symbolizes water where H stands for hydrogen, O stands for oxygen and the subscript means that there are 2 atoms of hydrogen,” the science teacher explained.
With the intention of typing a subscript into one of my words, I realized I had to access the font tab on my computer.
Back in the olden days, you had to slightly move the paper up a little in a typewriter if you wanted to include a subscript.
Chemical equations usually contain at least one subscript in them in so that they demonstrate the number of atoms in that element.
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