1. (n.)index (in a printed work) an alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed.
2. index a sequential arrangement of material, esp. in alphabetical or numerical order.
3. index something used or serving to point out; indication: a true index of his character.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L: informer, token, list =in-in-2+dicāre to show)
Definition of 'inDEX'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)index a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
2. (noun)index, index number, indicant, indicator a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
3. (noun)exponent, power, index a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
4. (noun)index an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with pagenumbers where they are discussed
5. (verb)index, index finger, forefinger the finger next to the thumb
6. (verb)index list in an index
7. (verb)index provide with an index "index the book"
8. (verb)index adjust through indexation "The government indexes wages and prices"
1. (noun)index an alphabetical list of contents with page references at the back of a book Look it up in the index.
2. index a system for recording and comparing sth, especially prices the consumer price index
3. index an alphabetical list of information an index of births, marriages and deaths
Definition of 'inDEX'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)inDEX that which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses
2. (noun)inDEX that which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movablefinger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particularattention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist
3. (noun)inDEX a table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume