subscript, inferior
(adjective) written or printed below and to one side of another character
subscript, inferior
(noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subscript (plural subscripts)
(typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
(computing) A numerical index into an array.
• superscript
subscript (third-person singular simple present subscripts, present participle subscripting, simple past and past participle subscripted)
(mathematics, science, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript.
(mathematics, science, typography, transitive, of a text) To convert to a subscript form.
• superscript
subscript (not comparable)
Written underneath.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub"script, a. Etym: [L. subscriptus, p.p. See Subscribe.]
Definition: 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.
Sub"script, n.
Definition: Anything written below. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 June 2025
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; āan estimable young professorā; ātrains ran with admirable precisionā; āhis taste was impeccable, his health admirableā
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
