indexing

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English

Definitions

verb

To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
To inventory, to take stock.
To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.

noun

A system used to assign indexes.“In zero-based indexing, array variables in a computer program are numbered upwards from zero.”

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Synonyms

indicator indicant exponent power index finger forefinger index number cataloguing catalogue categorization classification classify sort esc classifying sorting

Associated

abstracting querying indexes retrieval thesaurus bibliographic keywords query metadata queries index sql

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