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(), n.; pl. E. Indexes (), L. Indices ()(). [L.: cf. F. index. See Indicate, Diction.] 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. Arbuthnot. 2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign [] used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist. 3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume. 4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] Shak. 5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next to the pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. 6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always indices In"dex (), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Indexed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Indexing.] To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents. In"dex n.The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium. スポンサード リンク
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