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card index

card index noun: any index formed with index cards, as was common in many businesses before the microcomputer revolution.

Noun

card index (plural card indexes or card indices)

  1. (libraries) Any index formed with index cards, as was common in many businesses before the microcomputer revolution.
    • Near-synonym: card catalogue
    Synonyms:
    card catalogue

card index meaning in Tamil and Kannada

card index in Tamil

அட்டவணை அட்டை, அட்டவணைச்சீட்டு

card index in Kannada

ಪತ್ರಸೂಚಿ, ಕಾರ್ಡ್‌ ಇಂಡೆಕ್ಸ್

Synonyms of card index

Forms of card index

pluralcard indexes
pluralcard indices

Questions about card index

What does card index mean?
Card index means any index formed with index cards, as was common in many businesses before the microcomputer revolution.
What is card index in Tamil?
Card index in Tamil is அட்டவணை அட்டை, அட்டவணைச்சீட்டு. See Card index meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is card index?
Card index is a noun.
What is the plural of card index?
The plural of card index is card indexes.

Words near card index in the dictionary

  1. card girl
  2. card girls
  3. card giving
  4. card house
  5. card houses
  6. card index
  7. card indexes
  8. card indices
  9. card key
  10. card keys
  11. card mechanic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: card index (page history and authors); card index (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); card index (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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