Index

['ɪndeks] or ['ɪndɛks]

解释:

(noun.) the finger next to the thumb.

(noun.) an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed.

(noun.) a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time.

(noun.) a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.

(verb.) adjust through indexation; 'The government indexes wages and prices'.

(verb.) provide with an index; 'index the book'.

(verb.) list in an index.

整理:莱斯利--From WordNet

解释:

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

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A prologue indicating what follows.

(n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.

(n.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.

(v. t.) To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.

整理:莱斯利

同义词及近义词：

n. [L. pl. Indices, Eng. pl. Indexes.] [1]. Pointer, hand, director.[2]. Alphabetical table of references.[3]. Exponent.[4]. Characteristic (of a logarithm), integral part.[5]. (Anat.) Fore finger.

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解释:

n. anything that indicates or points out: a hand that directs to anything as the hour of the day &c.: the forefinger: alphabetical list of subjects treated of in a book: (math.) the exponent of a power:—pl. Indexes (in′deks-ez) and in math. Indices (in′di-sēz).—v.t. to provide with or place in an index.—ns. In′dex-dig′it In′dex-fing′er the forefinger or in other animals that digit representing the human index.—adjs. Index′ical; In′dexless without an index.—Index Expurgatorius in the R.C. Church an authoritative list of books only to be read in expurgated editions; Index Librorum Expurgandorum or Index Librorum Prohibitorum an official list of books which the faithful are absolutely forbidden to read at all under pain of instant excommunication; Index rerum an index of subjects; Index verborum an index of words.

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