index
n. & v.
--n. (pl. indexes or esp. in technical use indices)
1 an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references, usu. at the end of a book.
2 = card index.
3 (in full index number) a number showing the variation of prices or wages as compared with a chosen base period (retail price index; Dow-Jones index).
4 Math. a the exponent of a number. b the power to which it is raised.
5 a a pointer, esp. on an instrument, showing a quantity, a position on a scale, etc. b an indicator of a trend, direction, tendency, etc. c (usu. foll. by of) a sign, token, or indication of something.
6 Physics a number expressing a physical property etc. in terms of a standard (refractive index).
7 Computing a set of items each of which specifies one of the records of a file and contains information about its address.
8 (Index) RC Ch. hist. a list of books forbidden to Roman Catholics to read.
9 Printing a symbol shaped like a pointing hand, used to draw attention to a note etc.
--v.tr.
1 provide (a book etc.) with an index.
2 enter in an index.
3 relate (wages etc.) to the value of a price index.
Phrases and idioms:
index finger the forefinger. index-linked related to the value of a retail price index.
Derivatives:
indexation n. indexer n. indexible adj. indexical adj. indexless adj.
Etymology: ME f. L index indicis forefinger, informer, sign: sense 8 f. L Index librorum prohibitorum list of prohibited books

Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?). [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 [[hand]] used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist.

Index \In"dex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Indexing.] To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.

Index \In"dex\, n. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.

Index, WA (town, FIPS 33175) Location: 47.82071 N, 121.55239 W Population (1990): 139 (102 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

index n. [L. pl. Indices, Eng. pl. Indexes.] 1. Pointer, hand, director. 2. Alphabetical table of references, table of contents. 3. Exponent. 4. Characteristic (of a logarithm), integral part. 5. (Anat.) Fore-finger.

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