Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. {Indexes}, L. {Indices}(?). [L.: cf. F. index. See {Indicate}, {Diction}.] 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. --Arbuthnot.
2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In (printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also {fist}) used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a particular word or topic may be found; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books. [1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex (thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index finger}.
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always {indices}.]
7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of leading indicators; the index of industrial production; the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer price index}. [PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search for the addresses. [PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data item and also represents the address of a data item within a table or array. [PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The {Index prohibitorius}, a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also called {Index of forbidden books} and {Index Librorum Prohibitorum}. [PJC]
{Index error}, the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment.
{Index expurgatorius}. [L.] See {Index prohibitorius} (below).
{Index finger}. See {Index}, 5.
{Index glass}, the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant, etc.
{Index hand}, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something.
{Index of a logarithm} (Math.), the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the {characteristic}.
{Index of refraction}, or {Refractive index} (Opt.), the number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of refraction.
{Index plate}, a graduated circular plate, or one with circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
{Index prohibitorius} [L.], or {Prohibitory index} (R. C. Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
{Index rerum} [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
Indices \In"di*ces\, n. pl. See {Index}.
Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. {Indexes}, L. {Indices}(?). [L.: cf. F. index. See {Indicate}, {Diction}.] 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. --Arbuthnot.
2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In (printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also {fist}) used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a particular word or topic may be found; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books. [1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex (thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index finger}.
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always {indices}.]
7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of leading indicators; the index of industrial production; the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer price index}. [PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search for the addresses. [PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data item and also represents the address of a data item within a table or array. [PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The {Index prohibitorius}, a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also called {Index of forbidden books} and {Index Librorum Prohibitorum}. [PJC]
{Index error}, the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment.
{Index expurgatorius}. [L.] See {Index prohibitorius} (below).
{Index finger}. See {Index}, 5.
{Index glass}, the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant, etc.
{Index hand}, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something.
{Index of a logarithm} (Math.), the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the {characteristic}.
{Index of refraction}, or {Refractive index} (Opt.), the number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of refraction.
{Index plate}, a graduated circular plate, or one with circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
{Index prohibitorius} [L.], or {Prohibitory index} (R. C. Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
{Index rerum} [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
All the main indices ended off their lows for the day.
The data are based on cost of living indices, excluding the oil tax rise at the beginning of the year.
Apart from a standard database providing an overview of financial markets, Pulse offers foreign exchange, various indices, equities and metals.
First, the success of the All-Share has led to a general consensus about what is the proper way to construct indices.
But the performances of other market indices shows that, once again, the smaller stocks outpaced the blue chips, as investors sought to maximise their benefit from the recovery in company profits - when it comes.
Salomon has upset some bond managers by this month including Italy in its world index, because some doubt whether Italian debt can any longer be regarded as of high quality. The use of equity indices can be controversial, too.
But the company outperformed the stock market indices. On the income side, dividends from investments had been better than expected although there was a few reductions.
But recovery began in November, when the indices moved ahead of the previous year's figures.
Critics say the liquidity in the derivatives market is likely to remain small and that the indices on which the contracts are based are inadequate and inferior to the traditional reinsurance products. However, some reinsurers are more positive.
Other indices have been registering inflation rates of above 30 per cent since April.
Equities International, a London newsletter, says the number of international stock indices from such firms will soon outnumber the markets being indexed.
US jobless claims; real gross domestic product (final-second quarter); import/export price indices (August).
Glaxo hopes 3TC will emerge from clinical trials as the first commercially successful alternative to Wellcome's Retrovir. Changes to indices Two new indices in the FT-SE Actuaries Share Indices are published in today's FT.
Glaxo hopes 3TC will emerge from clinical trials as the first commercially successful alternative to Wellcome's Retrovir. Changes to indices Two new indices in the FT-SE Actuaries Share Indices are published in today's FT.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was looking weak when London closed for the day. The continued nervousness of the London market was reflected in a near 26-point swing in leading indices.
Asian indices have plunged this year while economic growth in the region has at worst maintained the high levels that investors have learned to expect. This creates some interesting anomalies.
For $595 a year, subscribers get indices for different property types, for property in individual cities, as well as a composite average.
To be sure, the various vacancy indices have a number of common elements.
Last week, the statistical office broadly revised its retail sales indices back to January 1986, meaning that previously reported indices are no longer applicable.
Last week, the statistical office broadly revised its retail sales indices back to January 1986, meaning that previously reported indices are no longer applicable.
Mr Rubens Ricupero, Brazil's finance minister, resigned yesterday after confessing in a private conversation mistakenly broadcast by satellite television that, when it comes to inflation indices: 'I don't have any scruples.
The RPI indices are supported by pay settlements, which are the lowest since the Confederation of British Industry databank started in 1977.
Because of its large weighting in the global bond indices against which their performance is measured, they need to hold Italian bonds or find a proxy for them.
TODAY marks the first official calculation of new indices in the FT-SE Actuaries Share Indices.
For the week, the S&P 500 rose 1.1%; the Big Board composite and the Dow Jones Equity Market indices each gained 0.9%.
Investors were busy unwinding positions linked to quarterly options on individual stocks and market indices, and future contracts on the indices. Some 373m shares were exchanged on the NYSE.
Investors were busy unwinding positions linked to quarterly options on individual stocks and market indices, and future contracts on the indices. Some 373m shares were exchanged on the NYSE.
It concluded that dividends had a negligible influence on the indices within a year or two, but the gilt-edged market had quite a powerful impact over such a time period.
The composite index currently includes four sector indices with a set number of stocks: 400 Industrials, 40 Utilities, 40 Financials and 20 Transportation companies.
However, even in the more buoyant economies, such as those of the US and UK, the producer price indices published in the past few days have shown that inflation is very subdued.