Index vs. Glossary

Indexnoun

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

Indexnoun

The index finger; the forefinger.

Indexnoun

A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

Indexnoun

(printing) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.

Indexnoun

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

Indexnoun

A sign; an indication; a token.

Indexnoun

(linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.

Indexnoun

(economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.

Indexnoun

(science) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.

Indexnoun

(mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.

Indexnoun

An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.

Indexnoun

A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

Indexnoun

(obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.

Indexverb

(transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.

Indexverb

To inventory, to take stock.

Indexverb

To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.

Indexnoun

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.

Indexnoun

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.

Indexnoun

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.

Indexnoun

A prologue indicating what follows.

Indexnoun

The second finger, that next to the pollex (thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.

Indexnoun

The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.

Indexnoun

The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.

Indexnoun

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.

Indexnoun

A file containing a table with the addresses of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search for the addresses.

Indexnoun

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.

Indexnoun

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.

Indexverb

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

Indexverb

To adjust (wages, prices, taxes, etc.) automatically so as to compensate for changes in prices, usually as measured by the consumer price index or other economic measure. Its purpose is usually to copensate for inflation.

Indexverb

To insert (a word, name, file folder, etc.) into an index or into an indexed arrangement; as, to index a contract under its date of signing.

Indexnoun

a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number

Indexnoun

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

Indexnoun

a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

Indexnoun

an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

Indexnoun

the finger next to the thumb

Indexverb

list in an index

Indexverb

provide with an index;

Indexverb

adjust through indexation;

Glossarynoun

A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.

Glossarynoun

A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.

Glossarynoun

an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

Glossarynoun

an alphabetical list of words relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary

Glossary

A glossary (from Ancient Greek: γλῶσσα / language, speech, wording) also known as a vocabulary or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and includes terms within that book that are either newly introduced, uncommon, or specialized.