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Definition of Indices

1. n. pl. See Index.

Definition of Indices

1. Noun. (irregular plural of index) (gloss when used in the sense of a key to locate an element in a list, vector or matrix in computing or mathematics) ¹

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Definition of Indices

1. index [n] - See also: index

Medical Definition of Indices

1. Alternative plural of index. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indices

Literary usage of Indices

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mathematical Crystallography and the Theory of Groups of Movements by Harold Hilton (1903)
"and accurate means we possess of finding the indices of the faces of a crystal ... Hence to say merely that ' we cannot prove that the indices of any given ..."

2. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"fluids of refractive indices between 1.764 and 1.868 were obtained. ... Merwin also prepared resin-like substances with indices between 1.68 and 2.10 by ..."

3. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1922)
"The Weiss indices are the same as the parameters described above. ... The Weiss indices may be converted into the Miller indices by ..."

4. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"The Weiss indices are the same as the parameters described above. ... The Weiss indices may be converted into the Miller indices by inversion and clearing ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"The following Papers were read:— I. '• On the Determination of the indices of Refraction various Substances for the Electric Ray. I. Index of Refraction of ..."

6. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1822)
"That they purged the indices of the fathers' works. 3. That they did also purge the ... But Junius, that published the indices, seems to say • EW page 17. ..."

7. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book, for the Higher Classes of Secondary by George Chrystal (1904)
"We agree, in fact, that no restriction is to be put upon the value of the index, and lay down merely that the use of the indices shall in every case be ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"Measurements of the refractive indices of water have been made by Fraunhofer ... In addition to the instrument used for measuring tlie refractive indices of ..."

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