subscript
subscript — A subscript (as in H2 O, the molecular formula for water).
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
phrase
(db._phrase)replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
remark
subscript
superscript
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 173 elements.
This element contains 16 elements.
See Also
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example subscript</title> 4 <para>Thirsty? Have some H<subscript>2</subscript>O. </para> 6 </article>
Thirsty? Have some H2O.