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   subscript

   /ˈsʌbskrɪpt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.

   noun

   • 1. a subscript letter, figure, or symbol.
   • ▪ a symbol (notionally written as a subscript but in practice usually not) used in a program, alone or with others, to specify one of the elements of an array.

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Latin subscript- ‘written below’, from the verb subscribere (see subscribe).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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