subscript
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Per convention, formulas contain whole- number subscripts, which can be achieved by dividing each subscript by the smaller subscript:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Let g be the subscript for the G Shift and b be the subscript for the B Shift.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
Let us use the subscript 1 for the Moon and the subscript 2 for the satellite.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
When initial time is taken to be zero, we use the subscript 0 to denote initial values of position and velocity.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Later, for no special reason, the fashion became to render the number as subscript: H2O.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing subscript
Chemistry - High School
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Chemistry - Middle School
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Chemical Reactions - Middle School
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