Слово англійською: index

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index

noun
/ˈɪndeks/
  1. (plural indexes)
    a list of names or topics that are referred to in a book, etc., usually arranged at the end of a book in alphabetical order or listed in a separate file or book
    • Look it up in the index.
    • Author and subject indexes are available on a library database.
    see also thumb index
  2. (also card index (British English), North American English card catalog)
     a box of cards with information on them, arranged in alphabetical order
  3. (plural indexes or indices
    /ˈɪndɪsiːz/
    )
a system that shows the level of prices and wages, etc. so that they can be compared with those of a previous date
  • the cost-of-living index
  • The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning.
  • stock market indices
  • house price indexes
see also consumer price index, Dow Jones Index, FTSE index™, Hang Seng Index, Nikkei index, price index, retail price index, share index, stock index
  • (plural indexes or indices
    /ˈɪndɪsiːz/
    )
    • a number giving a measurement of something compared with a particular standard
    • White bread has a high glycaemic index.
    • pain management index scores
    see also air quality index, body mass index, glycaemic index, heat index, refractive index
  • (plural indices
    /ˈɪndɪsiːz/
    )
    • a sign or measure that something else can be judged by
    • The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country's prosperity.
  • (plural indexes or indices
    /ˈɪndɪsiːz/
    )
    • (computing) a list of the records in a computer file with information about where each is located
    • Search the index to find the address of the data file.
    • The index of a search engine is like a library.
  • (usually indices [plural])
     (mathematics) the small number written above a larger number to show how many times that number must be multiplied by itself. In the equation 42 = 16, the number 2 is an index.
    • Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin index, indic- ‘forefinger, informer, sign’, from in- ‘towards’ + a second element related to dicere ‘say’ or dicare ‘make known’; compare with indicate. The original sense ‘index finger’ (the finger with which one points), came to mean ‘pointer’ (late 16th cent.), and figuratively something that serves to point to a fact or conclusion; hence a list of topics in a book (“pointing” to their location).