Index

(noun.) the finger next to the thumb.

(noun.) an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.

(verb.) adjust through indexation; 'The government indexes wages and prices'.

(verb.) provide with an index; 'index the book'.

(verb.) list in an index.

整理:莱斯利

• As was to be expected, the card index and electrically operated features caused thousands of concerns, large and small, to adopt the addressograph. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The size of their following, the intensity of their demands are a fair index of what the statesman must think about. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• When the steam pressure varies in this flat tube its coil expands or contracts, and in moving the index hand over the scale indicates the degree of pressure. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• With the coming of the metal card index addressograph and the modern graphotype for making the metal address plates, the addressing machine business was revolutionized, as Mr. Duncan put it. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• My introduction to these cruel and bloodthirsty people was but an index to the scenes I witnessed almost daily while with them. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Professor Wheatstone has recently contrived an improvement in his index telegraph, which was described by Professor Faraday in a lecture at the Royal Institution in June last. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• They have no marginal indices, it is true; but that perhaps is asking for too much at present. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Before the present writer lie half a dozen books, and there are good indices to three of them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

编辑:纳内特