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n. & v. --n. (pl. indexes or esp. in technical use indices) 1 an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references, usu. at the end of a book. 2 = card index. 3 (in full index number) a number showing the variation of prices or wages as compared with a chosen base period (retail price index; Dow-Jones index). 4 Math. a the exponent of a number. b the power to which it is raised. 5 a a pointer, esp. on an instrument, showing a quantity, a position on a scale, etc. b an indicator of a trend, direction, tendency, etc. c (usu. foll. by of) a sign, token, or indication of something. 6 Physics a number expressing a physical property etc. in terms of a standard (refractive index). 7 Computing a set of items each of which specifies one of the records of a file and contains information about its address. 8 (Index) RC Ch. hist. a list of books forbidden to Roman Catholics to read. 9 Printing a symbol shaped like a pointing hand, used to draw attention to a note etc. --v.tr. 1 provide (a book etc.) with an index. 2 enter in an index. 3 relate (wages etc.) to the value of a price index. Phrases and idioms index finger the forefinger. index-linked related to the value of a retail price index. Derivatives indexation n. indexer n. indexible adj. indexical adj. indexless adj. Etymology: ME f. L index indicis forefinger, informer, sign: sense 8 f. L Index librorum prohibitorum list of prohibited books
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I. noun (plural ~es or indices) Etymology: Latin indic-, ~, from indicare to indicate Date: 1561 1. a device (as the pointer on a scale or the gnomon of a sundial) that serves to indicate a value or quantity, something (as a physical feature or a mode of expression) that leads one to a particular fact or conclusion ; indication, a list (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature) arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum (as author, subject, or keyword): as, a list of items (as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found, thumb ~, a bibliographical analysis of groups of publications that is usually published periodically, a list of publicly traded companies and their stock prices, a list of restricted or prohibited material, a number or symbol or expression (as an exponent) associated with another to indicate a mathematical operation to be performed or to indicate use or position in an arrangement , a character ☞ used to direct attention to a note or paragraph, 6. a number (as a ratio) derived from a series of observations and used as an indicator or measure, the ratio of one dimension of a thing (as an anatomical structure) to another dimension, II. verb Date: 1720 transitive verb 1. to provide with an ~, to list in an ~ , to serve as an ~ of, to regulate (as wages, prices, or interest rates) by ~ation, intransitive verb to ~ something, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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