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      index
      noun
      An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
      The index finger; the forefinger.
      (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.
      (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
      (typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
      That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
      A sign; an indication; a token.
      A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
      (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.
      (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
      (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
      (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
      (algebra, index of a subgroup) The number of cosets that exist.
      An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
      An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
      An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.
      A town in Snohomish County, Washington.
      A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.
      A small hamlet in Otsego County, New York.
      An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
      (obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.
      verb
      (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
      To inventory; to take stock.
      (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.
      To measure by an associated value.
      (linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
      (mechanical engineering, transitive) To use a mechanism to move an object to a precise location.
      (computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.
      Roots
      dico-dex · Latin · say
      Synonyms for index
      indicesnindicantnindicatornforefingerndirectorynchartnconcordancenbibliographynencyclopediancensusnstatisticsnthumbnfingern
      Words related to index
      subindexindexationnsubscriptnindiciabenchmarknlistingsndatabasenexponentnlistsngraphnquartilenstocksnbarometrographdowdigitiformalphabeticaladjlistedadjdecilennecrologistbarometernlisteefingerbreadthnbaroscopeequitiesnalmanacnalphabetizedadjvolatilityn

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