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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior, superscript] n
1: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin subscriptus, past participle of subscribere Date: 1901 a distinguishing symbol (as a letter or numeral) written immediately below or below and to the right or left of another character • subscript adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. written or printed below the line, esp. Math. (of a symbol) written below and to the right of another symbol. --n. a subscript number or symbol. Etymology: L subscriptus (as SUBSCRIBE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Subscript Sub"script, a. [L. subscriptus, p. p. See Subscribe.] Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols X_a, A_n, Y_2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Subscript Sub"script, n. Anything written below. --Bentley.

Moby Thesaurus

PS, Parthian shot, addendum, afterthought, appendix, back matter, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, conclusion, consequence, continuance, continuation, double take, dying words, envoi, epilogue, follow-through, follow-up, last words, parting shot, peroration, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, refrain, second thought, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, suffix, supplement, swan song, tag