subscript
Example Sentences
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He was scratching rapidly at the second page, his fingers blue with ink, while Henry proofread the first one, dashing in subscripts and aspirants with his fountain pen.
From Literature
If a number is written in a base other than ten, the base is often indicated as a subscript.
From Scientific American
Along the way, his anecdotes form a fascinating subscript.
From Nature
Later, for no special reason, the fashion became to render the number as subscript: H2O.
From Literature
A subscript running across the screen morphed from “Government Medicine Bullies” to “FDA Regulations Can Kill.”
From BusinessWeek
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
