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I. noun (plural ~es or indices) Etymology: Latin indic-, ~, from indicare to indicate Date: 1561 1. a device (as the pointer on a scale or the gnomon of a sundial) that serves to indicate a value or quantity, something (as a physical feature or a mode of expression) that leads one to a particular fact or conclusion ; indication , a list (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature) arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum (as author, subject, or keyword): as, a list of items (as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found, thumb ~ , a bibliographical analysis of groups of publications that is usually published periodically, a list of publicly traded companies and their stock prices, a list of restricted or prohibited material, a number or symbol or expression (as an exponent) associated with another to indicate a mathematical operation to be performed or to indicate use or position in an arrangement , a character ☞ used to direct attention to a note or paragraph, 6. a number (as a ratio) derived from a series of observations and used as an indicator or measure, the ratio of one dimension of a thing (as an anatomical structure) to another dimension, II. verb Date: 1720 transitive verb 1. to provide with an ~, to list in an ~ , to serve as an ~ of, to regulate (as wages, prices, or interest rates) by ~ation, intransitive verb to ~ something, ~er noun