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Pronunciation : Sub"script
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. subscriptus, p.p. See Subscribe.]
Definition : Defn: 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 Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sub"script
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Anything written below. Bentley.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913