Index

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  a single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
 * 3)  An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within a vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
 * 4)  A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

Synonyms

 * arrow-finger, demonstrator, forefinger, index finger, insignitor, lickpot, pointling, showing finger, teacher
 * See also Thesaurus:index finger

Derived terms

 * index term
 * indexical
 * indexless
 * price index
 * refractive index

Related terms

 * indicate
 * indicator
 * indication
 * indicia

Verb

 * 1)  To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
 * 2) To inventory, to take stock.

Derived terms

 * indexer

Adjectives for Index
refractive; flattering; classified; elaborate; cephalic; prosaic;  analytical;  unusable; helpful.

Thesaurus
Art Index, Baedeker, Bibliography Index, Books in Print, Cumulative Book Index, Education Index, Eighteenth Amendment, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, National Union Catalog, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, Yellow Pages, acknowledgments, aeronautical chart, alphabetize, analyze, annotated bibliography, annual bibliography, annulary, aroma, arrange, arrow, assort, astronomical chart, atlas, attribute, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, back, back matter, backlist, badge, ban, banner, bastard title, bibliography, bibliography of bibliographies, blaze, book, brand, break down, broad hint, business directory, cachet, calendar, card index, cartographer, cartography, carve, casebook, cast, catalog, catalogue, catalogue raisonne, catch line, catchword, categorize, celestial chart, celestial globe, census, chalk, chalk up, character, characteristic, chart, check in, checklist, chorographer, chorography, chronicle, city directory, class, classified catalog, classified directory, classify, climatic chart, clue, code, codify, colophon, compass needle, composition, concordance, configuration, conic projection, constituents, content, contents, contents page, contour line, contour map, contraband, copyright page, critical bibliography, cue, cut, cyclopedia, cylindrical projection, dactylion, dedication, denial, device, diatesseron, dictionary catalog, differentia, differential, digest, digit, direction, direction post, directory, disallowance, distinctive feature, divide, divisions, docket, earmark, elements, embargo, encyclopedia, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, enumerate, errata, evidence, exclusion, factor, feature, figure, figures, file, fill out, finding list, finger, finger post, fist, flavor, flyleaf, folio, forbiddance, forbidden fruit, forbidding, fore edge, forefinger, foreword, formula, front matter, gazetteer, general reference map, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmering, globe, gnomonic projection, grade, graphic scale, grave, grid line, group, guide, guideboard, guidebook, guidepost, gust, guts, hachure, half-title page, hallmark, hand, handbook, handlist, harmony, head, heliographic chart, hint, hour hand, hydrographic chart, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, image, impanel, implication, impress, impression, imprint, incise, index expurgatorius, index finger, index librorum prohibitorum, indexes, indicant, indication, indicator, indices, individualism, ingredients, inhibition, injunction, inkling, innards, innuendo, inscribe, inscription, insert, insides, insignia, insinuation, interdict, interdiction, interdictum, intimation, introduction, inventory, isoline, itemize, items, itinerary, jot down, keep score, key, keynote, kick, latitude, law, layer tint, lead, leaf, legend, lineaments, list, listing, little finger, log, longitude, look, lubber line, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, makeup, mannerism, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, mark, mark down, marker, marking, matriculate, measure, medius, meridian, middle finger, milepost, minimus, minute, minute hand, mold, nature, needle, no-no, nod, note, note down, nudge, odor, order, page, parallel, part, particularity, parts, peculiarity, periodical index, phone book, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, picture, pigeonhole, pinkie, place, place upon record, pointer, political map, poll, pollex, polyconic projection, polyglot, post, post up, preclusion, preface, preliminaries, prevention, program, prohibition, prohibitory injunction, projection, prompt, property, proscription, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, quality, quirk, range, rank, rate, ratio, record, record book, recto, reduce to writing, reference book, refusal, register, rejection, relief map, representation, representative, representative fraction, repression, restrictive covenants, reverso, ring finger, road map, roadbook, ruling out, running title, savor, scale, scent, schedule, score, seal, set down, shape, sigil, sign, signal, signature, signboard, significant, signpost, singularity, sinusoidal projection, smack, sort, source book, special map, specialty, spoor, stamp, statistics, statute, studbook, subdivide, subtitle, suggestion, sumptuary laws, suppression, sure sign, suspicion, symptom, table, table of contents, table of organization, taboo, tabulate, tail, taint, take down, tally, tang, tape, tape-record, taste, telephone book, telephone directory, telltale, telltale sign, terrain map, terrestrial globe, text, thematic map, thesaurus, thumb, thumb index, title, title page, token, topographer, topographic chart, topography, track, trait, transportation map, trick, trim size, type, type page, verso, videotape, vital statistics, weather chart, weather map, whisper, whole, wink, work of reference, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, zoning, zoning laws

Etymology
From index: < indico:; see indicate:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: indeks
 * Albanian: indeks
 * Arabic: (dalíl)
 * Armenian: ինդեքս
 * Basque: indizea
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 索引 (suǒyǐn)
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: indeks, indholdsfortegnelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: índice
 * Georgian: საძიებელი
 * German: Index, Verzeichnis , Wörterverzeichnis
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: מפתח (mafteakh)
 * Hungarian: névmutató
 * Icelandic: atriðaskrá, röðunarskrá, veldisvísir, vísitala
 * Ido: indexo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 索引 (sakuin), インデックス (indekkusu), 表題 (hyōdai), 指数 (shisū), 指標 (shihyō), 総目録 (sōmokuroku)
 * Korean: 색인 (saekin)


 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: indeksas
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Persian: (namayeh),  (fehrest),  (shaxes),  (nemudâr)
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a cresta
 * Russian: указатель,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: казало, показатељ , индекс
 * Roman: kazalo, pokazatelj , indeks
 * Slovak: index
 * Slovene:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: அட்டவணை
 * Telugu: సూచిక (soochika), విషయ సూచిక (vishaya soochika)
 * Thai: ดัชนี
 * Turkish: dizin,
 * Ukrainian: індекс [indeks]
 * Vietnamese: chỉ số
 * Welsh: dangoseg, ddangoseg, fynegai, mynegai, nangoseg


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (zhǐshù)
 * Czech:


 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ინდექსი
 * Italian:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Georgian: ხარისხის მაჩვენებელი


 * Scottish Gaelic:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Danish: indeksere
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: indexer


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: indeksować
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * nixed

Noun

 * 1) index

Related terms

 * indexace
 * indexový
 * indexovat
 * indexování

Noun

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

Etymology
From index:, from indico:.

Noun

 * 1) index

Noun

 * 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)  A title, superscription.
 * 6)  An index, catalogue, table, list, summary, digest.
 * 7)  An inscription.

Derived terms

 * indicīna
 * indicium
 * indiculum

Related terms

 * indicābilis
 * indicātiō
 * indicātīvus


 * indicātor
 * indicātūra
 * indicō

Descendants

 * Catalan:
 * English:
 * French: ,


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
From indico:, from in: + dico:.

Noun

 * 1) an index