explosion burst | the act of exploding or bursting, the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children, the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft |
burst fit | a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason), a burst of applause, a fit of housecleaning |
fusillade salvo volley burst | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms, our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise |
card index card catalog card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
index register | (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand |
thumb index | one of a series of rounded notches in the fore edge of a book to indicate sections |
index index finger forefinger | the finger next to the thumb |
stock-index futures | a futures contract based on a stock index, a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks |
index | an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed |
Combined DNA Index System | the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
index index number indicant indicator | 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 |
body mass index BMI | a measure of someone's weight in relation to height, to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches, overweight is a BMI greater than , obese is a BMI greater than |
business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions, this business index is computed relative to the base year of |
Standard and Poor's Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
price index price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time |
retail price index | an index of changes in retail prices |
producer price index wholesale price index | an index of changes in wholesale prices |
consumer price index CPI cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
stock index stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
crosseference cross-index | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work |
exponent power index | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself |
outburst burst flare-up | a sudden intense happening, an outburst of heavy rain, a burst of lightning |
index fund | a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index |
index fossil guide fossil | a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found |
index case | the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study |
index fund | a mutual fund whose assets are stocks on a given list |
cephalic index breadth index cranial index | ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull |
facial index | the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face |
refractive index index of refraction | the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium |
index | a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number |
effloresce burst forth | come into or as if into flower, These manifestations effloresced in the past |
explode burst | burst outward, usually with noise, The champagne bottle exploded |
explode burst forth break loose | be unleashed, emerge with violence or noise, His anger exploded |
erupt irrupt flare up flare break open burst out | erupt or intensify suddenly, Unrest erupted in the country, Tempers flared at the meeting, The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism |
burst split break open | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure, The bubble burst |
burst bust | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully, The dam burst |
burst | emerge suddenly, The sun burst into view |
pop out burst out | appear suddenly, Spring popped up everywhere in the valley |
index | adjust through indexation, The government indexes wages and prices |
burst in on burst upon | spring suddenly, He burst upon our conversation |
burst out | give sudden release to an expression, We burst out laughing, 'I hate you,' she burst out |
break burst erupt | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up, break into tears, erupt in anger |
burst | move suddenly, energetically, or violently, He burst out of the house into the cool night |
leap out rush out sally out burst forth | jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone), The attackers leapt out from the bushes |
collapse burst | cause to burst, The ice broke the pipe |
index | provide with an index, index the book |
index | list in an index |
cross-index | make an index that refers from one point to the next, These references are cross-indexed |
abound burst bristle | be in a state of movement or action, The room abounded with screaming children, The garden bristled with toddlers |