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Definition of 'index'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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.

4.  index
a pointer or indicator, as in a scientific instrument.

5.  index
a number or formula expressing a property or ratio:
index of growth; index of intelligence.

6.  index
Math.

7.  index
the integer n in a radical n^(1/2) defining the n-th root: 7^(1/3)
is a radical having index three.

8.  index
a subscript or superscript indicating the position of an object in a series of similar objects, as the subscripts 1, 2, and 3 in the series x

9.  index
(usu. cap.) any list of forbidden or otherwise restricted material deemed morally or politically harmful by authorities.

10. (v.t.) index
to provide with an index.

11.  index
to enter in an index.

12.  index
to serve to indicate.

13.  index
to adjust, as wages.

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 page numbers 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"

Definition of 'index'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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 movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention 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

4. (noun) index
a prologue indicating what follows

5. (noun) index
the second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger

6. (noun) index
the figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent

7. (verb) index
to provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents

Translation of 'index'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an alphabetical list of names, subjects etc eg at the end of a book.
Afrikaans: indeks	Arabic: فِهْرِس، مُؤشِّر، مِقْياس	Bulgarian: показалец
Brazilian: índice	Czech: rejstřík	German: der Index
Danish: indeks	Greek: ευρετήριο	Spanish: índice
Estonian: tähestikuline register	Farsi: فهرست راهنما	Finnish: hakemisto
French: index	Hebrew: מַפתֵּח עִנייִנים	Hindi: सूचिपृष्ठ
Croatian: kazalo	Hungarian: (név- és tárgy)mutató	Indonesian: indeks
Icelandic: atriðaskrá	Italian: indice	Japanese: 索引
Korean: 색인	Lithuanian: indeksas, rodyklė	Latvian: rādītājs
Malay: indeks	Dutch: register	Norwegian: register
Polish: indeks	Persian: فهرست راهنما	Pashto: د لاړښوونی فهرست
Portuguese: índice	Romanian: indice	Russian: алфавитный указатель
Slovak: index	Slovenian: kazalo	Serbian: indeks
Swedish: register, index	Thai: ดัชนี	Turkish: dizin, fihrist
Taiwanese: 索引	Ukrainian: алфавітний покажчик	Urdu: ترتیب تہجی سے مرتب کی گئی
Vietnamese: bản chú dẫn	Chinese: 索引
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