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/ˈɪndɛks/

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noun

Index, répertoire

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."

L'index d'un livre répertorie les mots ou expressions et les pages du livre où ils se trouvent.

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noun

Index, doigt indicateur

The index finger; the forefinger.

Examples :

"He used his index finger to point to the correct answer on the test. "

Il a utilisé son index pour pointer vers la bonne réponse au test.

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noun

Aiguille

A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

Examples :

"The thermometer's index showed the temperature was 25 degrees. "

L'aiguille du thermomètre indiquait que la température était de 25 degrés.

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Index, symbole

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

Examples :

"The index in the textbook pointed to the page with the answer to the difficult math problem. "

L'index dans le manuel pointait vers la page contenant la réponse au problème de maths difficile.

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noun

Index, répertoire, table des matières

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

Examples :

"The rising temperature is an index of the approaching summer. "

La hausse de la température est un indice de l'arrivée de l'été.

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Indice, signe

A sign; an indication; a token.

Examples :

"The teacher's raised eyebrow was an index that she was confused by the student's answer. "

Le sourcil levé de la professeure était un signe qu'elle était confuse par la réponse de l'élève.

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Indice

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 index of 'my family' refers to different people depending on who is using the expression." "

L'indice de 'ma famille' renvoie à des personnes différentes selon qui utilise l'expression.

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Indice

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

Examples :

"The stock market index showed a slight increase today. "

L'indice boursier a montré une légère augmentation aujourd'hui.

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Indice, coefficient

A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.

Examples :

"The index of difficulty for the math test was 0.8, meaning it was moderately challenging. "

L'indice de difficulté du test de mathématiques était de 0,8, ce qui signifie qu'il était modérément difficile.

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Exposant

A raised suffix indicating a power.

Examples :

"The index of 2 in the equation x² means x multiplied by itself twice. "

L'exposant 2 dans l'équation x² signifie que x est multiplié par lui-même deux fois.

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Index, indice

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 index of the book chapter I'm studying is page 27. "

L'indice du chapitre du livre que j'étudie est la page 27.

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Index, indice

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

Examples :

"The library's database uses an index to quickly find books by author. "

La base de données de la bibliothèque utilise un index pour trouver rapidement des livres par auteur.

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Prologue, préface

A prologue indicating what follows.

Examples :

"The introduction to the chapter, outlining the key topics, served as an index to the rest of the lesson. "

L'introduction du chapitre, qui présentait les principaux sujets, a servi de préface au reste de la leçon.

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verb

Indexer

To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.

Examples :

"To prepare for the history exam, she indexed the chapter notes. "

Pour préparer l'examen d'histoire, elle a indexé les notes de chapitre.

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verb

Indexer, inventorier

To inventory, to take stock.

Examples :

"Before starting the new semester, the teacher indexed all the books in the classroom library. "

Avant de commencer le nouveau semestre, le professeur a indexé tous les livres de la bibliothèque de la classe.

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verb

Indexer, ajuster en fonction de l'inflation

To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.

Examples :

"To compare salaries across different years, we need to index them to account for inflation. "

Pour comparer les salaires sur différentes années, nous devons les indexer pour tenir compte de l'inflation.

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Indiquer, signaler

To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.

Examples :

"The rising temperature outside indexes a heat wave is coming. "

La température extérieure en hausse indique qu'une canicule arrive.

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verb

Indexer

To access a value in a data container by an index.

Examples :

"To find out how many siblings a student has, you need to index the family's list of children. "

Pour savoir combien de frères et sœurs un élève a, vous devez indexer la liste des enfants de la famille.

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