Definizione monolingua

index

index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)

1. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
2. To inventory, to take stock.

index (plural indexes or indices)

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
2. The index finger, the forefinger, or other pointer.
3. A sign; an indication; a token.

   His sons empty guffaws ... struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.

4. (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., Todays newspaper is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
5. (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
6. (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
7. (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
8. (programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within a vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
9. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

Definizione dizionario index

	indice
	economics: single number calculated from an array of prices or quantities
	alphabetical listing
	A list of record surrogates arranged in order of some attribute expressible in machine-orderable form. (Source: MGH)
	A listing of keywords and associated data that point to the location of more comprehensive information, such as files and records on a disk or record keys in a database.

	indicizzare
	to arrange an index
	A listing of keywords and associated data that point to the location of more comprehensive information, such as files and records on a disk or record keys in a database.

catalogo

elencare

elenco

fornire di indice

index

indicazione

indice di colore

lancetta

riferimento

segno

Altri significati:

(computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

A sign; an indication; a token.

The index finger, the forefinger.

programming: key indicating location of data

(economics) a single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.

(linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.

(transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.

(programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within a vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.

An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.

exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation)

To inventory, to take stock.