subscript
subscript — A subscript (as in H₂O, the molecular formula for water).
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
phrase(db._phrase)replaceable- Graphic inlines
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- Ubiquitous inlines
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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.
Parents
These elements contain subscript: abbrev, acronym, attribution, authorinitials, bibliomisc, bibliomixed, bibliomset, caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, command, computeroutput, edition, email, emphasis, entry, filename, firstname, givenname, holder, honorific, issuenum, jobtitle, lineage, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, option, orgdiv, orgname, othername, para, personname, phrase (db._phrase), phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, publishername, quote, releaseinfo, replaceable, revnumber, revremark, subscript, subtitle, superscript, surname, systemitem, td, term, th, title, titleabbrev, trademark, userinput, volumenum, year.
Children
The following elements occur in subscript: text, inlinemediaobject, phrase (db._phrase), replaceable, subscript, superscript.
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.
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