Definition of Index

1. Noun. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.


2. Verb. List in an index.
Generic synonyms: List
Specialized synonyms: Cross-index
Derivative terms: Indexer

3. Noun. 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.

4. Verb. Provide with an index. "Index the book"
Category relationships: Publication, Publishing
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
Derivative terms: Indexer, Indexing

5. Noun. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
Exact synonyms: Exponent, Power
Specialized synonyms: Degree, Log, Logarithm
Generic synonyms: Mathematical Notation
Derivative terms: Exponential

6. Verb. Adjust through indexation. "The government indexes wages and prices"
Generic synonyms: Determine, Influence, Mold, Regulate, Shape
Derivative terms: Indexation

7. Noun. An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed.
Terms within: Key Word
Group relationships: Back Matter, End Matter
Generic synonyms: List, Listing
Specialized synonyms: Concordance
Derivative terms: Indexical

8. Noun. The finger next to the thumb.
Exact synonyms: Forefinger, Index Finger
Generic synonyms: Finger

Definition of Index

1. n. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

2. v. t. To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.

3. n. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.

Definition of Index

1. a type of reference guide at the end of a book [n INDEXES or INDICES] / to provide with an index [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Index

1. Origin: L., cf. F. Index. See Indicate, Diction. 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. "Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants." (Arbuthnot) 2. 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. 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. A prologue indicating what follows. 5. The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. 6. The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always indices] Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment. Index expurgatorius. [L] See Index prohibitorius (below). Index finger. See Index. Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant, etc. Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something. Index of a logarithm, a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L], or expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals, theologians, etc, under the sanction of the pope. Index rerum [L], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Index

indeterminateness
indeterminate cleavage
indeterminate leprosy
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index (current term)
index (current term)
indexable
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indexical signs
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