indices

Noun

index (plural indexes or indices or (obsolete, in use in the 17th century) index's)

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
   • 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.

   Synonyms:

   arrow-finger, demonstrator, first finger, forefinger, index finger, lickpot, pointer, pointer finger, pointling, showing finger

3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

   Synonyms:

   pointer

4. A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.

   Synonyms:

   manicule

5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
   • Among the gravity indexes is the severance of diplomatic relations.

   Synonyms:

   indicator

6. A sign; an indication; a token.
   • His son's empty guffaws […] struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Misadventures of John Nicholson

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