subscript
subscript — A subscript (as in H2 O, the molecular formula for water).
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Indexing inlines
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Linking inlines
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Ubiquitous inlines
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
abbrevacronymaltanchorannotationbibliorefcorefdateemphasis(db._emphasis)firstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)indexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkphrase(db._phrase)quote(db._quote)remarksubscriptsuperscripttrademarkwordaswordxref
Attributes
Description
A subscript identifies text that is to be
displayed as a subscript when rendered.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. Subscripts are usually printed in a smaller font and shifted down with respect to the baseline.
This element occurs in 179 elements.
This element contains 29 elements.
See Also
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example subscript</title> <para>Thirsty? Have some H<subscript>2</subscript>O. </para> </article>
Thirsty? Have some H2O.




![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)