Index

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Index

Index : அகவரிசை

Index : உள்ளடக்கம்,குறியீடு

Index definition

Noun.

  1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
  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 on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist.
  3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.
  4. A prologue indicating what follows.
  5. The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
  6. The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.

Transitive verb. To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.