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subscripting

subscripting is the present participle and gerund of subscript.

Meaning of subscript

Verb

subscript (third-person singular simple present subscripts, present participle subscripting, simple past and past participle subscripted)

  1. (transitive) To provide with a subscript.
    • As in the chapters on the synchronous model, we use the convention of subscripting a variable by the index of the process at which the variable resides.1996, Nancy A. Lynch, Distributed Algorithms, Elsevier, page 210
  2. (transitive) To convert to a subscript form.
    • If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O).2007, Emily A. Vander Veer, PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual
  3. (transitive) To access (an array element) by its index.
    • Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.2005, Damian Conway, Perl Best Practices

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Questions about subscripting

What is subscripting the present participle and gerund of?
Subscripting is the present participle and gerund of subscript.

Words near subscripting in the dictionary

  1. subscribing
  2. subscribings
  3. subscript
  4. subscriptable
  5. subscripted
  6. subscripting
  7. subscription
  8. subscription bell
  9. subscription bells
  10. subscription box
  11. subscription boxes

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