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indices

/ˈɪndɪsiːz/

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An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

Examples :

"The index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found."

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The index finger; the forefinger.

Examples :

"He used his indices to point to the words in the dictionary. "

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A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

Examples :

"The lab technician carefully adjusted the indices on the spectrometer to ensure accurate readings. "

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A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.

Examples :

"The teacher used indices to point out the key details in the chapter. "

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That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

Examples :

"The student's red face and trembling hands were indices of their nervousness before the presentation. "

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A sign; an indication; a token.

Examples :

"The teacher's raised eyebrow was an index of her disapproval. "

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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.

Examples :

"The word "today" is an indexical, because the day it refers to changes depending on the context. "

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A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.

Examples :

"To track the overall health of the stock market, analysts rely on key indices like the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones, which summarize the prices of many different companies. "

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A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.

Examples :

"The stock market indices show that the economy is doing well this year. "

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A raised suffix indicating a power.

Examples :

"The indices of 2, 3, and 4 show that the problem involves raising 2 to the power of 3 and then to the power of 4. "

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An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.

Examples :

"The program used indices to quickly find the names of students with high scores in the database. "

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A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

Examples :

"The school database uses indices to quickly find student records by their ID number. "

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A prologue indicating what follows.

Examples :

"The teacher's introductory remarks, the indices to her lesson, hinted at the difficult math concepts to come. "

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