Index⚑

Pronunciation⚑

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Transitive Verb⚑

Record (names, subjects, etc.) in an index.

the list indexes theses under regional headings

Link the value of (prices, wages, or other payments) automatically to the value of a price index.

legislation indexing wages to prices

(of a machine or part of one) rotate or otherwise move from one predetermined position to another in order to carry out a sequence of operations.

the pins are retracted and indexed to occupy an adjacent slotted position

Noun⚑

An alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places where they occur, typically found at the end of a book.

clear cross references supplemented by a thorough index

An indicator, sign, or measure of something.

exam results may serve as an index of the teacher's effectiveness

guide, clue, hint, indication, indicator, lead, sign, signal, mark, token, evidence, symptom, implication, intimation, suggestion

An exponent or other superscript or subscript number appended to a quantity.

The thesis contains a proof of the fact that for any closed manifold the sum of the indices of a generic vector field is a topological invariant, namely the Euler characteristic.

A pointer on an instrument, showing a quantity, a position on a scale, etc.

pointer, indicator, needle, hand, finger, marker