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- Index - n. - That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
- Index - 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.
- Index - 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.
- Index - n. - A prologue indicating what follows.
- Index - n. - The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
- Index - n. - The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.
- Index - v. t. - To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
- Indexed - imp. & p. p. - of Index
- Indexer - n. - One who makes an index.
- Indexes - pl. - of Index
- Indexical - a. - Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
- Indexically - adv. - In the manner of an index.
- Indexing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Index
- Indexterity - n. - Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness.
- Stigma - v. t. - A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.
- Microseme - a. - Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme.
- Fist - n. - the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.
- Ablution - n. - A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.
- Pedometer - n. - An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.
- Indicator - n. - The part of an instrument by which an effect is indicated, as an index or pointer.
- Gnomon - n. - The index of the hour circle of a globe.
- Index - v. t. - To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
- Quadrant - n. - An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
- Exponent - n. - One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
- Regulator - n. - A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.
- Index - n. - The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
- Hand - n. - An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
- Concordance - n. - A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.
- Trapezoid - n. - A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger.
- Megaseme - a. - Having the orbital index relatively large; having the orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.
- Concordance - n. - An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.
- Deadbeat - a. - Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
- Repertory - n. - A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.
- Escutcheon - n. - A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
- Hygrodeik - n. - A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- Anemoscope - n. - An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.