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 |
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 |
thaw melt thawing melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid, the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster, the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours |
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 |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
melt a disappear a evaporate | become less intense and fade away gradually, her resistance melted under his charm, her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
fade melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable, disappear gradually or seemingly, The scene begins to fade, The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk |
mellow melt mellow out | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial, With age, he mellowed |
dissolve thaw unfreeze unthaw dethaw melt | become or cause to become soft or liquid, The sun melted the ice, the ice thawed, the ice cream melted, The heat melted the wax, The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase, dethaw the meat |
melt meld | lose its distinct outline or shape, blend gradually, Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene |
melt run melt down | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating, melt butter, melt down gold, The wax melted in the sun |
index | adjust through indexation, The government indexes wages and prices |
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 |