indices

Alphabetical reference lists

Indices is the Latin plural of index, used interchangeably with indexes in most contexts.

In mathematics and statistics, indices often refers to numerical measures or exponents: stock market indices, price indices.

In technical writing—especially academic or scientific—indices tends to be preferred, while indexes dominates in everyday usage: The book has two indexes.

measurement

inflation

Sustained price level increase

  • GDPNational output abbreviation
  • unemploymentBeing without paid work
  • CPIInflation measurement abbreviation

PMI · Dow · NASDAQ · Nikkei · FTSE · Hang Seng · benchmark · composite · weighted · tracking

database

query

Request for information

  • searchAct of seeking
  • lookupAct of retrieving information
  • keyLock-opening device

hash · B-tree · clustered · primary · secondary · foreign · composite · unique · covering · partitioned

reference

appendix

Supplementary section after main text

concordance · cross-reference · citation · footnote · page number · catalog · directory · guide · listing · register

mathematical

subscript

Text below the line

tensor · summation · array · matrix · vector · element · coefficient · variable · dimension · rank

plural

appendices

Added sections after main text

apices · vortices · helices · cortices · codices · cervices · latex

Categories
Opposites
reference structure

indicesbody text

Document's main prose

body · content · substance · full text · glossary

information access method

indicesglossary

Alphabetical list with definitions

glossaries · definitions · explanatory notes · appendices · footnotes

measurement representation

indicesraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

absolute values

Phrases
Family

indicate, indication, indicator, indicates, indicated, indicating, indicative, indicators, indications

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