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Etymology

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

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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. (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. (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.

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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.

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to arrange an index
  • Czech: indexovat cs(cs)
  • Danish: indeksere
  • Dutch: please add this translation if you can
  • Esperanto: indeksi eo(eo)
  • Finnish: indeksoida fi(fi)
  • French: please add this translation if you can
  • German: indizieren de(de)
  • Italian: indicizzare it(it)
  • Polish: indeksować
  • Spanish: please add this translation if you can
to take stock — see inventory

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

index m.

  1. index (economics)

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Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Index

Wikipedia nl

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index m (plural indexen or indices)

  1. index

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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

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

Number Singular Plural
nominative index indicēs
genitive indicis indicum
dative indicī indicibus
accusative indicem indicēs
ablative indice indicibus
vocative index indicēs

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What does an index of local climate mean?
Q. I'm reading a study about climate change and it mentions an index of locate climate along with a number of years (xxx-xxx). Does this just mean that the study is focusing on the climate (locally) for these amount of years? Thanks.
Asked by Lala - Tue Sep 1 16:06:06 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. That would seem to be it. After all, we have detailed data for less than two centuries. Beyond that, we have to estimate, based on pollen, ice cores, and such.
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