index
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin index (“‘a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription’”) < indicō (“‘point out, show’”); see indicate.
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index (plural indexes or indices)
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
- (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.
- The index finger, the forefinger.
- A sign; an indication; a token.
- His son's empty guffaws ... struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.
- (programming) A positive or non-negative integer indicating the location of data within a vector or vector based multidimensional array.
- (computing) A key indicating the location of data or an object, e.g. within a database table, associative array, or hash table.
- (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
- (economics) a single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
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- (index finger): arrow-finger
- (index finger): demonstrator
- (index finger): forefinger
- (index finger): index finger
- (index finger): insignitor
- (index finger): lickpot
- (index finger): pointling
- (index finger): showing finger
- (index finger): teacher
- inventory
- See also Wikisaurus:index finger
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alphabetical list
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index finger
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single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities
[edit] References
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
[edit] See also
- (alphabetical listing): table of contents
[edit] Verb
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to index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)
- (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
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to arrange an index
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[edit] See also
- (computing) ones based indexing
- (computing) zero based indexing
[edit] External links
- index in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- index in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Czech
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index m.
- index (economics)
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[edit] Dutch
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index m (plural indexen or indices)
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From Latin index (“‘pointer, indicator’”), from indicō (“‘point out, show’”).
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index m. (plural index)
- Index
- forefinger
- The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From indicō (“‘point out, indicate, show’”), from in (“‘in, at, on; into’”) + dicō (“‘indicate; dedicate; set apart’”).
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[edit] Noun
index (genitive indicis); m, f, third declension
- A pointer, indicator.
- The index finger, forefinger.
- A sign, indication, proof, mark, token, index.
- An informer, discoverer, director, talebearer, guide, witness, betrayer, spy.
- (of books) A title, superscription.
- (of books) An index, catalogue, table, list, summary, digest.
- (of paintings or statues) An inscription.
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | index | indicēs |
| genitive | indicis | indicum |
| dative | indicī | indicibus |
| accusative | indicem | indicēs |
| ablative | indice | indicibus |
| vocative | index | indicēs |
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[edit] References
- “index” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
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