indexes
Alphabetical book guides
Indexes is the plural of index—an alphabetical list pointing to where information can be found, or a number representing change in a measured quantity: stock market indexes, The book has three indexes.
As a verb form, indexes means to create such a list or to link values to a standard: She indexes academic journals, The contract indexes wages to inflation.
The alternative plural indices appears in technical and mathematical contexts.
Supplementary pages following text
- page numbersPrinted location markers
- alphabeticalOrdered by letter sequence
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
- concordanceAlphabetical word index
appendix · glossary · bibliography · citation · lookup · entries · topics · keywords
Securities trading venue
- S&P 500Major stock market index
- Dow JonesStock market benchmark
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- FTSEBritish stock market index
Nikkei · Hang Seng · benchmark · composite · weighted · tracking · fund · ETF
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- archiveStored historical records
- libraryBook collection or building
metadata · descriptors · systematization · organization · inventory · registry · compendium · directory
National output abbreviation
- inflation rateSpeed of rising costs
- unemployment ratePercentage without jobs seeking work
- consumer confidencePublic's economic outlook measure
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
trade balance · leading indicators · baseline · measurement · statistics
back matter
Supplementary pages following text
- page numbersPrinted location markers
- alphabeticalOrdered by letter sequence
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
concordance · appendix · glossary · bibliography · citation · lookup · entries · topics · keywords · subjects
stock market
Securities trading venue
FTSE · Nikkei · Hang Seng · benchmark · composite · weighted · tracking · fund · ETF · portfolio
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- archiveStored historical records
library · metadata · descriptors · systematization · organization · inventory · registry · compendium · directory · listing
GDP
National output abbreviation
- inflation rateSpeed of rising costs
- unemployment ratePercentage without jobs seeking work
- consumer confidencePublic's economic outlook measure
cost of living · trade balance · leading indicators · baseline · measurement · statistics
subscript
Text below the line
element · position · zero-based · tensor · matrix · vector · coefficient · variable · sequence · series
query
Request for information
B-tree · hash · composite · unique · covering · optimization · cardinality · lookup · scan · seek
- Encyclopedia FeaturesWikipedia, Britannica, World Book, Encarta, digital editions
- ancient librariesscrolls, papyrus, clay tablets, scriptoriums, Serapeum
- Information Resourceslibraries, archives, databases, records, files
- textbook partschapters, appendices, glossaries, diagrams, formulas
- bibliographybibliography, annotated bibliography, bibliographers, bibliographies, citations
- Chinese textshistorical documents, historical archives, official documents, historical texts, oracle bone script
- index fingerSecond digit, first to point
- index cardsSmall rigid note slips
- heat indexPerceived temperature calculation
- UV indexSolar intensity measurement
- index fundsSecurities mirroring market indices
- body mass indexWeight-to-height-squared quotient
index, indexed, indexing, indexer, indexation, indexers, reindex, reindexing, cross-index