subscript
subscript — A subscript (as in H2 O, the molecular formula for water).
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrev
acronym
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
coref
date
emphasis
(db._emphasis)firstterm
(db._firstterm)footnote
footnoteref
foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase)glossterm
(db._glossterm)indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
phrase
(db._phrase)quote
(db._quote)remark
subscript
superscript
trademark
wordasword
xref
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.