INDEX
\ˈɪndɛks], \ˈɪndɛks], \ˈɪ_n_d_ɛ_k_s]\
Definitions of INDEX
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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list in an index
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an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed
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a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
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adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices"
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provide with an index; "index the book"
By Princeton University
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list in an index
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an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed
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a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
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adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices"
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provide with an index, as of a book
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
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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.
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A prologue indicating what follows.
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The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.
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To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
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The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
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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.
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A prologue indicating what follows.
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The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.
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To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
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The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which points out or indicates; an alphabetical table of the contents of a book; the figure or letter which shows the number of times a quantity is to be multiplied together, as 34 means 3 x 3 x 3 x 3.
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To provide with an alphabetical table of references.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Anything that indicates or points out: a hand that directs to anything, as the hour of the day, etc.: the forefinger: alphabetical list of subjects treated of in a book: (math.) the exponent of a power.
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To provide with or place in an index.
By Daniel Lyons
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To provide with an index; enter in an index.
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An indicator, pointer, etc.
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An alphabetic list of matter, as in a book.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The forefinger, index finger. See Digitus.
By Robley Dunglison
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The first or forefinger.
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The numerical ratio of measurement of any part in comparison with a fixed standard.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Latin] That which points out, shows, indicates, or manifests, especially, a pointer or a hand that directs to any thing, as the hour of the day, the road to a place, and the like ;- any table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book ;- the fore-finger or pointing finger ;- the figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity ; the exponent. Index expurgatorius, an annual catalogue, published by the Church of Rome, of books which it pronounces heretical, or forbids to be read by the faithful.
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