index

索引, 目录

标志; 标记; 指标; 参考号

指数

(刻度盘上的)指针; 分度头

食指

系数, 分数, 幂

变址, 换位, 下标

index

an alphabetical list of persons, places, subjects, etc, mentioned in the text of a printed work, usually at the back, and indicating where in the work they are referred to

See thumb index

a systematic list of book titles or author's names, giving cross-references and the location of each book; catalogue

an indication, sign, or token

a pointer, needle, or other indicator, as on an instrument

another name for exponent.a number or variable placed as a superscript to the left of a radical sign indicating by its value the root to be extracted, as in ³√8 = 2.a subscript or superscript to the right of a variable to express a set of variables, as in using x&-{i} for x&-{1}, x&-{2}, x&-{3}, etc

a numerical scale by means of which variables, such as levels of the cost of living, can be compared with each other or with some base number

a number or ratio indicating a specific characteristic, property, etc

Also called: fist a printer's mark (☛) used to indicate notes, paragraphs, etc

a table of contents or preface

to put an index in (a book)

to enter (a word, item, etc) in an index

to point out; indicate

to index-link

to move (a machine or a workpiece held in a machine tool) so that one particular operation will be repeated at certain defined intervals