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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:

<abbrev> Abbreviation or Acronym; <abbrev-journal-title> Abbreviated Journal Title; <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-acronym> Conference Acronym; <conf-loc> Conference Location; <conf-name> Conference Name; <conf-num> Conference Number; <conf-sponsor> Conference Sponsor; <conf-theme> Conference Theme; <contract-num> Contract/Grant Number; <contract-sponsor> Contract/Grant Sponsor; <copyright-statement> Copyright Statement; <corresp> Correspondence Information; <def-head> Definition List: Definition Head; <degrees> Degree(s); <disp-formula> Formula, Display; <edition> Edition, Cited; <email> Email Address; <etal> Et Al.; <ext-link> External Link; <fax> Fax Number: in an Address; <font> Font; <given-names> Given (First) Names; <gov> Government Report, Cited; <history> History: Document History; <inline-formula> Formula, Inline; <inline-supplementary-material> Inline Supplementary Material; <institution> Institution Name: in an Address; <issue> Issue Number; <issue-title> Issue Title; <italic> Italic; <journal-title> Journal Title (Full); <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; <patent> Patent Number, Cited; <phone> Phone Number: in an Address; <prefix> Prefix; <preformat> Preformatted Text; <product> Product Information; <publisher-loc> Publisher’s Location; <publisher-name> Publisher’s Name; <related-article> Related Article Information; <role> Role or Function Title of Contributor; <sc> Small Caps; <self-uri> URI for This Same Article Online; <series> Series; <series-text> Series Text: Header Text to Describe; <series-title> Series Title; <source> Source; <speaker> Speaker; <std> Standard, Cited; <strike> Strike Through; <string-date> Date as a String; <string-name> Name of Person (Unstructured); <sub> Subscript; <subject> Subject Grouping Name; <subtitle> Article Subtitle; <suffix> Suffix; <sup> Superscript; <supplement> Supplement Information; <surname> Surname; <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-title> Translated Title; <underline> Underline; <uri> Uniform Resource Indicator (URI); <verse-line> Line of a Verse; <volume> Volume Number; <volume-id> Volume Identifier; <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

format.ent