indexes Definition

a list (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature) arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum (such as author, subject, or keyword): such as

a list of items (such as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found

a list of publicly traded companies and their stock prices

to provide with an index

to list in an index

to serve as an index of

the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth from side to side of the head to its maximum length from front to back in living individuals

an index measuring the change in the cost of typical wage-earner purchases of goods and services expressed as a percentage of the cost of these same goods and services in some base period —called also cost-of-living index

consumer price index

the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth of the bare skull to its maximum length from front to back

to index (an item) under a second or under more than one heading

to supply with a cross-referenced index

the length of the face divided by the breadth multiplied by 100

an index number expressing the level of a group of commodity prices relative to the level of the prices of the same commodities during an arbitrarily chosen base period and used to indicate changes in the level of prices from one period to another

the ratio of the speed of radiation (such as light) in one medium (such as air, glass, or a vacuum) to that in another medium