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the finger next to the thumb an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices" provide with an index; "index the book" list in an index a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
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