Index Definition

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
  • 1.7 Anagrams
• 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 Etymology
  • 5.2 Pronunciation
  • 5.3 Noun
    • 5.3.1 Inflection
    • 5.3.2 Derived terms
    • 5.3.3 Related terms
    • 5.3.4 Descendants
  • 5.4 References

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪndɛks/

• Audio (US)
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Noun

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. The index finger, the forefinger.
3. A sign; an indication; a token.

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

4. (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.
5. (economics) a single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
6. (programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within a vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
7. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

Synonyms

• (index finger): arrow-finger, demonstrator, forefinger, index finger, insignitor, lickpot, pointling, showing finger, teacher
• See also Wikisaurus:index finger

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• indicate
• indicator
• indication
• indicia

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

See also

• (alphabetical listing): table of contents

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.
2. To inventory, to take stock.

Derived terms

• indexer

Translations

See also

• (computing) ones-based indexing
• (computing) zero-based indexing

External links

• index in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• index in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• nixed

Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

index m.

1. index (economics)

Related terms

• indexace
• indexový
• indexovat
• indexování

Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

index m (plural indexen or indices)

1. index

Derived terms

• brekingsindex

French

Etymology

From Latin index (“pointer, indicator”), from indicō (“point out, show”).

Noun

index m. (plural index)

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

Latin

Etymology

From indicō (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈin.deks/

Noun

index (genitive indicis); m, f, third declension

1. A pointer, indicator.
2. The index finger, forefinger.
3. A sign, indication, proof, mark, token, index.
4. An informer, discoverer, director, talebearer, guide, witness, betrayer, spy.
5. (of books) A title, superscription.
6. (of books) An index, catalogue, table, list, summary, digest.
7. (of paintings or statues) An inscription.

Inflection

Derived terms

• indicīna
• indicium
• indiculum

Related terms

Descendants

References

• index in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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