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Subscript

Definition

A number or expression that is set lower than the baseline and slightly smaller, to act as an inferior or subscript

Attribute

arrange Arrangement of Subscripts and Superscripts

Model Information

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  sub          (#PCDATA %emphasized-text;)*                 >

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<addr-line> Address Line; <aff> Affiliation; <alt-title> Alternate Title; <article-title> Article Title; <attrib> Attribution; <bold> Bold; <chem-struct> Chemical Structure (Display); <citation> Citation; <collab> Collaborative (Group) Author; <comment> Comment in a Citation; <conf-theme> Conference Theme; <contract-sponsor> Contract Sponsor; <copyright-holder> Copyright Holder; <copyright-statement> Copyright Statement; <corresp> Correspondence Information; <def-head> Definition List: Definition Head; <disp-formula> Formula, Display; <ext-link> External Link; <gov> Government Report, Cited; <grant-num> Grant Number; <grant-sponsor> Grant Sponsor; <inline-formula> Formula, Inline; <inline-supplementary-material> Inline Supplementary Material; <institution> Institution Name: in an Address; <italic> Italic; <kwd> Keyword; <label> Label (Of a Figure, Reference, Etc.); <meta-name> Metadata Data Name for Custom Metadata; <meta-value> Metadata Data Value for Custom Metadata; <monospace> Monospace Text (Typewriter Text); <named-content> Named Special (Subject) Content; <on-behalf-of> On Behalf of; <overline> Overline; <p> Paragraph; <preformat> Preformatted Text; <product> Product Information; <related-article> Related Article Information; <role> Role or Function Title of Contributor; <sans-serif> Sans Serif; <sc> Small Caps; <series> Series; <series-text> Series Text: Header Text to Describe; <series-title> Series Title; <sig> Signature; <sig-block> Signature Block; <source> Source; <std> Standard, Cited; <strike> Strike Through; <sub> Subscript; <subject> Subject Grouping Name; <subtitle> Article Subtitle; <sup> Superscript; <supplement> Supplement Information; <target> Target of an Internal Link; <td> Table Data Cell (XHTML table model); <term> Definition List: Term; <term-head> Definition List: Term Head; <th> Table Header Cell (XHTML table model); <title> Title; <trans-source> Translated Source; <trans-subtitle> Translated Subtitle; <trans-title> Translated Title; <underline> Underline; <verse-line> Line of a Verse; <xref> X(cross) Reference

Formatted Example

Tagged Examples

Example 1

       

As shown formatted above, a subscript and superscript in a “stacked ” arrangement:

        
...
<body>
<p>The <italic>Escherichia coli argU</italic> gene encodes a minor arginine 
tRNA, tRNA<sup arrange="stack">Arg</sup><sub arrange="stack">UCU</sub>, 
which corresponds to the rare codon AGA and possibly AGG ....</p>
...
</body>
...


    

Example 2

An ordinary subscript:

    
...
<p>This article by Peter Wilmshurst (10 October 1998, pp 996-9) 
used the incorrect abbreviation for inspired partial pressure 
of oxygen. The abbreviation should have been Pi<sc>o</sc><sub>2</sub> 
not Fi<sc>o</sc><sub>2</sub>.</p>
...

    

Module

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