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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 References 1.3.6 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Latin 5.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin index (“‘a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription’”) < indicare (“‘to point out, show’”); see indicate.

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index (plural indexes or indices)

1. 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.
2. (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.
3. The index finger, the forefinger.
4. A sign; an indication; a token.

   His son's empty guffaws ... struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.

5. (programming) A positive or non-negative integer indicating the location of data within a vector or vector based multidimensional array.
6. (computing) A key indicating the location of data or an object, e.g. within a database table, associative array, or hash table.
7. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
8. (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

[edit] Derived terms

• index term
• indexical
• indexless
• price index
• refractive index

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• indicate
• indicator
• indication
• indicia

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

[edit] See also

• (alphabetical listing): table of contents

[edit] Verb

to index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)

1. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.

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• indexer

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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

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index m.

1. index (economics)

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• indexace
• indexový
• indexovat
• indexování

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index m (plural indexen or indices)

1. index

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• brekingsindex

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin index "pointer, indicator"

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index m. (plural index)

1. Index
2. forefinger
3. The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php

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[edit] Noun

index (genitive indicis); n, third declension

1. pointer, indicator
2. the index finger
3. a sign, indication
4. informer, betrayer