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▸ noun: The index finger; the forefinger.
▸ noun: A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
▸ noun: (typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
▸ noun: That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
▸ noun: A sign; an indication; a token.
▸ noun: (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
▸ noun: (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
▸ noun: (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
▸ noun: (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
▸ noun: (computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
▸ noun: (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
▸ noun: (algebra, index of a subgroup) The number of cosets that exist.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.
▸ verb: (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
▸ verb: To inventory; to take stock.
▸ verb: (chiefly economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
▸ verb: To measure by an associated value.
▸ verb: (linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
▸ verb: (computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
▸ noun: A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.
▸ noun: A small hamlet in Otsego County, New York.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.
▸ noun: A town in Snohomish County, Washington.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
Similar:
indicator,
indicant,
exponent,
power,
index finger,
forefinger,
index number,
subindex,
ndex,
reindex,
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Adjectives:
refractive,
high,
general,
subject,
low,
alphabetical,
composite,
therapeutic,
single,
cardiac,
cephalic
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