index
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1. fist
1. in.dex \'in-.deks\ \-d*-.se-z\ \in-'dek-si-k*l\ n or in.dex.es or
in.di.ces [L indic-, index, fr. indicare to indicate] pl 1: a guide (as a
table, file, or series of notches cut in the fore edge of a book) for
facilitating reference; esp : a usu. alphabetical list of items (as topics
or names) treated in a printed work that gives with each item the page
number where it may be found 2: something that serves as a pointer or
indicator 3: something that indicates or discloses : TOKEN 4: a list of
restricted or prohibited material; specif, cap : a list of books the
reading of which is prohibited or restricted for Roman Catholics by the
church authorities pl usu indices 5: a number or symbol or expression (as
an exponent) associated with anothe r to indicate a mathematical operation
or use or position in an arrangement or expansion 6: a character <fist>
used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph 7a: a ratio or
other number derived from a series of observations and used as an
indicator or measure (as of a condition, property, or phenomenon); specif :
INDEX NUMBER 7b: the ratio of one dimension of a thing (as an anatomical
structure) to a nother dimension - in.dex.i.cal aj
2. index vt 1a: to provide with an index 1b: to list in an index 2: to
serve as an index of : to index something - in.dex.er n