Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 31
Indenizened (imp. & p. p.) of Indenizen.
Indenizening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indenizen.
Indenizen (v. t.) To invest with the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [R.]
Words indenizened, and commonly used as English. -- B. Jonson.
Indented (imp. & p. p.) of Indent.
Indenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indent.
Indent (v. t.) 把（邊緣、邊沿等）刻成鋸齒狀；在……上形成V字形凹口；（印刷中）縮排；縮格書寫 To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
Indent (v. t.) [Cf. {Indenture}.] To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
Indent (v. t.) (Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See {Indentation}, and Indention.
Indent (v. t.) (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India] -- Wilhelm.
Indent (v. i.) 形成鋸齒狀（或凹口）；訂立契約；縮進排印（或書寫） To be cut, notched, or dented.
Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Indent (v. i.) To contract; to bargain or covenant. -- Shak.
To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. -- South.
Indent (n.) A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch. -- Shak.
Indent (n.) A stamp; an impression. [Obs.]
Indent (n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. -- D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton.
Indent (n.) (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India] -- Wilhelm.
Indent (n.) 訂貨單 An order for goods to be exported or imported.
Indent (n.) 凹痕 The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indention}, {indent}, {indenture}].
Indent (v.) Set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter".
Indent (v.) Cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents".
Indent (v.) Make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: {indent}, {dent}].
Indent (v.) Notch the edge of or make jagged.
Indent (v.) Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: {indenture}, {indent}].
Indentation
Indent, () Space and/ or tab characters added at the beginning of a line to indicate structure, e.g. indenting a quotation to make it stand out or indenting a block of code controlled by an if statement.
Indentation is important in source code for readability. There are a number of different indent styles. Some programming languages go further and use indentation as the main method to represent block structure to the compiler or interpreter, see off-side rule.
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Indentation (n.) 凹口，凹陷；鋸齒狀；（印刷或書寫中的）首行縮排、縮格 The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Indentation (n.) (Print.) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
Indentation (n.) (Print.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
{Hanging indentation}, or {Reverse indentation}, Indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line; also called a {hanging indent}.
Indentation (n.) A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) [syn: {indentation}, {indenture}].
Indentation (n.) The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion [syn: {pitting}, {roughness}, {indentation}].
Indentation (n.) The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indention}, {indent}, {indenture}].
Indentation (n.) The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions.
Indentation
Indent, () Space and/ or tab characters added at the beginning of a line to indicate structure, e.g. indenting a quotation to make it stand out or indenting a block of code controlled by an if statement.
Indentation is important in source code for readability. There are a number of different indent styles. Some programming languages go further and use indentation as the main method to represent block structure to the compiler or interpreter, see off-side rule.
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Indented (a.) 鋸齒狀的；（印刷，原稿等）縮進排印的；受契約約束的 Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
Indented (a.) Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. -- Milton. Shak.
Indented (a.) (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
Indented (a.) Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.
Indented (a.) (Zool.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.
{Indented line} (Fort.), A line with alternate long and short faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving a flanking fire along the front of the next.
Indented (a.) (Heraldry) Divided or edged with a zigzag line.
Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.
Indentedly (adv.) In an intended manner; intentionally.
Indentedly (adv.) By indentation : in intaglio.
// A design made indentedly in the surface of the stone.
Indenting (n.) 凹口，凹陷；鋸齒狀；（印刷或書寫中的）首行縮排、縮格 Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
Indention (n.) (Print.) 縮格；做成刻紋；彎入 Same as {Indentation}, 4.
Indention (n.) The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indention}, {indent}, {indenture}].
Indentment (n.) Indenture. [Obs.]
Indenture (v. i.) To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. -- Heywood.
Indenture (n.) 文據，契約，印據；（舊時的）雙聯或三聯契約；（常複數）僱傭契約 The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
Indenture (n.) (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.
The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part. -- C. Leslie.
Note: Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and indented by a notched cut or line, or else written on the same piece of parchment and separated by a notched line so that the two papers or parchments corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.
Indenture (n.) Hence: A contract by which anyone is bound to service.
Indentured (imp. & p. p.) Of Indenture.
Indenturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) Of Indenture.
Indenture (v. t.) 以契約約束 To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. -- Woty.
Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
Indenture (n.) A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) [syn: {indentation}, {indenture}].
Indenture (n.) Formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt.
Indenture (n.) A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term.
Indenture (n.) The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indention}, {indent} {indenture}].
Indenture (v.) Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: {indenture}, {indent}].
Indenture (n.), Conveyancing. An instrument of writing containing a conveyance or contract between two or more persons, usually indented or cut unevenly, or in and out, on the top or, side.
Indenture (n.), Formerly it was common to make two instruments exactly alike, and it was then usual to write both on the same parchment, with some words or letters written between them, through which the parchment was cut, either in a straight or indented line, in such a manner as to leave one-half of the word on one part, and half on the other. The instrument usually commences with these words, "This indenture," which were not formerly sufficient, unless the parchment or paper was actually indented to make an indenture 5 Co. 20; but now, if the form of indenting the parchment be wanting, it may be supplied by being done in court, this being mere form. Besides, it would be exceedingly difficult with even the most perfect instruments, to out parchment or paper without indenting it. Vide Bac. Ab. Leases, &c. E 2; Com. Dig. Fait, C, and note d; Litt. sec. 370; Co. Litt. 143 b, 229 a; Cruise, Dig t. 32, c. 1, s. 24; 2 Bl. Com. 294; 1 Sess. Cas. 222.
Independence (n.) 獨立，自主；足夠維持生活的收入 The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. -- Pope.
Independence (n.) Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.), The declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.
Independence (n.) Freedom from control or influence of another or others [syn: {independence}, {independency}].
Independence (n.) The successful ending of the American Revolution; "they maintained close relations with England even after independence".
Independence (n.) A city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail.
Independence (n.) A state of perfect irresponsibility to any superior; the United States are free and independent of all earthly power.
Independence (n.) Independence may be divided into political and natural independence.
By the former is to be understood that we have contracted no tie except those which flow from the three great natural rights of safety, liberty and property. The latter consists in the power of being able to enjoy a permanent well-being, whatever may be the disposition of those from whom we call ourselves independent. In that sense a nation may be independent with regard to most people, but not independent of the whole world. Vide on of Independence.
Independence -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000): 34233
Housing Units (2000): 14841
Land area (2000): 763.781051 sq. miles (1978.183758 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.792729 sq. miles (20.183074 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 771.573780 sq. miles (1998.366832 sq. km)
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.757476 N, 91.587049 W
Headwords:
Independence
Independence, AR
Independence County
Independence County, AR
Independence, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 113288
Housing Units (2000): 50213
Land area (2000): 78.328220 sq. miles (202.869151 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.126088 sq. miles (0.326566 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 78.454308 sq. miles (203.195717 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35000
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.079805 N, 94.406551 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64050 64052 64053 64055 64056 64057
64058
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, MO
Independence
Independence, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 574
Housing Units (2000): 342
Land area (2000): 3.997508 sq. miles (10.353498 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.997508 sq. miles (10.353498 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36350
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 36.805770 N, 118.202307 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 93526
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, CA
Independence
Independence, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000): 7109
Housing Units (2000): 2726
Land area (2000): 9.585923 sq. miles (24.827425 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.585923 sq. miles (24.827425 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37240
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.381870 N, 81.640959 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44131
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, OH
Independence
Independence, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 6035
Housing Units (2000): 2131
Land area (2000): 2.333914 sq. miles (6.044808 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.090369 sq. miles (0.234055 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.424283 sq. miles (6.278863 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36150
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.853101 N, 123.191388 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97351
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, OR
Independence
Independence, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 6014
Housing Units (2000): 2610
Land area (2000): 3.708116 sq. miles (9.603975 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.134959 sq. miles (0.349542 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.843075 sq. miles (9.953517 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38100
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.470191 N, 91.893898 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50644
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, IA
Independence
Independence, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 9846
Housing Units (2000): 4747
Land area (2000): 4.974332 sq. miles (12.883459 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.974332 sq. miles (12.883459 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33875
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.228251 N, 95.711392 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67301
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, KS
Independence
Independence, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 14982
Housing Units (2000): 5391
Land area (2000): 16.772507 sq. miles (43.440592 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.006417 sq. miles (0.016619 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 16.778924 sq. miles (43.457211 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39142
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.953668 N, 84.546990 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 41051
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, KY
Independence
Independence, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
Population (2000): 1724
Housing Units (2000): 735
Land area (2000): 2.231891 sq. miles (5.780571 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.001764 sq. miles (0.004570 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.233655 sq. miles (5.785141 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37025
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 30.635293 N, 90.504005 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 70443
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, LA
Independence
Independence, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 3236
Housing Units (2000): 1115
Land area (2000): 32.582634 sq. miles (84.388631 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.002520 sq. miles (5.186503 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 34.585154 sq. miles (89.575134 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30842
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.017562 N, 93.699325 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, MN
Independence
Independence, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 971
Housing Units (2000): 497
Land area (2000): 2.338944 sq. miles (6.057837 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.338944 sq. miles (6.057837 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39528
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 36.622906 N, 81.151735 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 24348
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, VA
Independence
Independence, WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 1244
Housing Units (2000): 619
Land area (2000): 1.270999 sq. miles (3.291871 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.039539 sq. miles (0.102406 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.310538 sq. miles (3.394277 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36800
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.358425 N, 91.422217 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54747
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Independence, WI
Independence
Independency (n.) Independence.
"Give me," I cried (enough for me), "My bread, and independency!" -- Pope.
Independency (n.) (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
Independency (n.) Freedom from control or influence of another or others [syn: independence, independency].
Independent (a.) 獨立的，自主的，不須依賴的，不受約束的 Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
A dry, but independent crust. -- Cowper.
Independent (a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
Independent (a.) Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
Independent (a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
Independent (a.) Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement. -- R. P. Ward.
Independent (a.) (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
Independent (a.) (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
Independent (a.) (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
Independent company (Mil.), One not incorporated in any regiment.
Independent seconds watch, A stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second.
Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable, under Dependent.
Syn: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
Independent (n.) (Eccl.) 中立派，無黨派者 One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
Note: In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl.) to the Congregationalists.
Independent (n.) (Politics) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
Independent (a.) Free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" [ant: {dependent}].
Independent (a.) (Of political bodies) Not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: {autonomous}, {independent}, {self-governing}, {sovereign}].
Independent (a.) (Of a clause) Capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: {independent}, {main(a)}] [ant: {dependent}, {subordinate}].
Independent (a.) Not controlled by a party or interest group.
Independent (n.) A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) [syn: {mugwump}, {independent}, {fencesitter}].
Independent (n.) A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them [syn: {freelancer}, {freelance}, {free-lance}, {free lance}, {independent}, {self-employed person}].
Independentism (n.) 獨立；獨立國 Independency; the church system of Independents. -- Bp. Gauden.
Independently (adv.) 獨立地，自立地；無關地 In an independent manner; without control.
Independently (adv.) On your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently".
Independently (adv.) Apart from others; "the clothes were hung severally" [syn: {independently}, {severally}].
Indeposable (a.) Incapable of being deposed. [R.]
Princes indeposable by the pope. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Indepravate (a.) Undepraved. [R.] --Davies (Holy Roode).
Indeprecable (a.) Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. -- Cockeram.
Indeprehensible (a.) Incapable of being found out. -- Bp. Morton.
Indeprivable (a.) Incapable of being deprived, or of being taken away.
Indescribable (a.) 不能用語言表達的，不可名狀的，莫名其妙的 Incapable of being described.
Indescribable (a.) Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: {indefinable}, {indescribable}, {ineffable}, {unspeakable}, {untellable}, {unutterable}].
Indescriptive (a.) Not descriptive.
Indesert (n.) Ill desert. [R.] -- Addison.
Indesinent (a.) Not ceasing; perpetual. [Obs.] -- Baxter. -- In*des"i*nent*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Ray.
Indesirable (a.) Undesirable.
Indestructibility (n.) The quality of being indestructible.
Indestructibility (n.) The strength to resist destruction [ant: destructibility].
Indestructible (a.) Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed ; as, the Russian harvesters had primitive electronics, but they were built so sturdily they were almost indestructible. -- In`de*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In`de*struc"ti*bly, adv.
Indestructible (a.) Not easily destroyed [ant: destructible].
Indestructible (a.) Very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent" [syn: durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable].
Indeterminable (a.) Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
Indeterminable (n.) An indeterminable thing or quantity. -- Sir T. Browne.
Indeterminable (a.) Not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained [syn: indeterminable, undeterminable] [ant: determinable].
Indeterminable (a.) Incapable of being definitely ascertained.
Indeterminate (a.) Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. --Paley.
Indeterminate analysis (Math.), That branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems.
Indeterminate coefficients (Math.), Coefficients arbitrarily assumed for convenience of calculation, or to facilitate some artifice of analysis. Their values are subsequently determined.
Indeterminate equation (Math.), An equation in which the unknown quantities admit of an infinite number of values, or sets of values. A group of equations is indeterminate when it contains more unknown quantities than there are equations.
Indeterminate inflorescence (Bot.), A mode of inflorescence in which the flowers all arise from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on to grow and sometimes continuing the stem indefinitely; -- called also acropetal inflorescence, botryose inflorescence, centripetal inflorescence, and indefinite inflorescence. -- Gray.
Indeterminate problem (Math.), A problem which admits of an infinite number of solutions, or one in which there are fewer imposed conditions than there are unknown or required results.
Indeterminate quantity (Math.), A quantity which has no fixed value, but which may be varied in accordance with any proposed condition.
Indeterminate series (Math.), A series whose terms proceed by the powers of an indeterminate quantity, sometimes also with indeterminate exponents, or indeterminate coefficients. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ly adv. -- In`de*ter"mi*nate*ness, n.
Indeterminate (a.) Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" [syn: indeterminate, undetermined] [ant: determinate].
Indeterminate (a.) Having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem" [ant: determinate].
Indeterminate (a.) Of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists".
Indeterminate (a.) Not capable of being determined; "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle".
Indeterminate (a.) Not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign".
Indetermination (n.) Lack of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind. -- Jer. Taylor.
Indetermination (n.) Lack of fixed or stated direction. -- Abp. Bramhall.
Indetermination (n.) The quality of being vague and poorly defined [syn: indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy].
Indetermined (a.) Undetermined.
Indevirginate (a.) Not devirginate. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Indevote (a.) Not devoted. [Obs.] -- Bentley. Clarendon.
Indevotion (n.) Lack of devotion; impiety; irreligion. "An age of indevotion." -- Jer. Taylor.
Indevout (a.) Not devout. -- In*de*vout"ly, adv.
Indew (v. t.) To indue. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Indexes (n. pl. ) of Index.
Indices (n. pl. ) of Index.
Index (n.)
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.
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants. -- Arbuthnot.
Index (n.)
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.
Index (n.)
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.
Index (n.) A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Index (n.) (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex (thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
Index (n.) (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always indices.].
Index (n.) The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the vertical index of the cranium.
Index (n.)
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.
Index (n.)
(computers) A file containing a table with the addresses of data items,
arranged for rapid and convenient search for the addresses.
Index (n.)
(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.
Index (n.)
(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.
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 (n. pl. ) of Index.
Indexed (imp. & p. p.) of Index.
Indexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Index.
Index (v. t.) To provide with an index or table of references; to put into an index; as, to index a book, or its contents.
Index (v. t.) (Economics) 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.
Index (v. t.) 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.
Index (n.) A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
Index (n.) 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 [syn: index, index number, indicant, indicator].
Index (n.) A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, power, index].
Index (n.) An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed.
Index (n.) The finger next to the thumb [syn: index, index finger, forefinger].
Index (v.) List in an index.
Index (v.) Provide with an index; "index the book".
Index (v.) Adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices".
Index, () (Plural "indices" or "indexes") A number used to select an element of a list,
vector, array or other sequence. Such indices are nearly
always non-negative integers but see associative array.
Index, () See inverted index. [Other kinds?]
Index, () A search engine.
Index, () A subject index.
[{Jargon File]
(1997-04-09)
Index, WA -- U.S. town in Washington
Population (2000): 157
Housing Units (2000): 100
Land area (2000): 0.253094 sq. miles (0.655511 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.253094 sq. miles (0.655511 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33175
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.820774 N, 121.553859 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Index
Indexer (n.) One who makes an index.
Indexer (n.) Someone who provides an index.
Indexical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
Indexical (a.) Of or relating to or serving as an index
Indexically (adv.) In the manner of an index.
Indexterity (n.) Lack of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. --Harvey.
India (n.) A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
India ink, A nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia.
India matting, Floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also called Canton matting or China matting.
India paper, A variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc.
India proof (Engraving), A proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper.
India rubber. See Caoutchouc.
India-rubber tree (Bot.), Any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.
India (n.) A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 [syn: India, Republic of India, Bharat].
India, () Occurs only in Esther 1:1 and 8:9, where the extent of the dominion of the Persian king is described. The country so designated here is not the peninsula of Hindustan, but the country surrounding the Indus, the Punjab. The people and the products of India were well known to the Jews, who seem to have carried on an active trade with that country (Ezek. 27:15, 24).
India, Praise; law
Indiadem (v. t.) To place or set in a diadem, as a gem or gems.
Indiamen (n. pl. ) Of Indiaman.
Indiaman (n.) A large vessel in the India trade. -- Macaulay.
Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
Indian (a.) Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
Indian (a.) Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
Indian+bay+(Bot.), +a+lauraceous+tree+({Persea+Indica">Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica).
Indian bean (Bot.), A name of the catalpa.
Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.
Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.
Indian club, A wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise.
Indian cordage, Cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk.
Indian cress (Bot.), Nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
Indian cucumber (Bot.), A plant of the genus Medeola.
({Medeola Virginica), A common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
Indian currant (Bot.), A plant of the genus.
Symphoricarpus+({Symphoricarpus+vulgaris"> Symphoricarpus ({Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing small red berries.
Indian dye, The puccoon.
Indian fig. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See Banyan.
Indian fig. (Bot.) (b) The prickly pear.
Indian file, Single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
Indian fire, A pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
Indian grass (Bot.), A coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. -- Gray.
Indian hemp. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum ({Apocynum cannabinum), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties.
Indian hemp. (Bot.) (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained.
Indian mallow (Bot.), The velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[ae]). See Abutilon.
Indian meal, Ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
Indian millet (Bot.), A tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.
Indian ox (Zool.), The zebu.
Indian paint. See Bloodroot.
Indian paper. See India paper, under India.
Indian physic (Bot.), A plant of two species of the genus Gillenia+({Gillenia+trifoliata">Gillenia ({Gillenia trifoliata, and Gillenia stipulacea), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also American ipecac, and bowman's root. -- Gray.
Indian pink. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called in the West Indies.
Indian pink. (Bot.) (b) See China pink, under China.
Indian pipe (Bot.), A low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
Indian plantain (Bot.), A name given to several species of the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. -- Gray.
Indian poke (Bot.), A plant usually known as the white hellebore ({Veratrum viride}).
Indian pudding, A pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
Indian purple. (a) A dull purple color.
Indian purple. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black.
Indian red. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
Indian red (b) See Almagra.
Indian rice (Bot.), A reedlike water grass. See Rice.
Indian shot (Bot.), A plant of the genus Canna ({Canna Indica). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See Canna.
Indian summer, In the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under Summer.
Indian tobacco (Bot.), A species of Lobelia. See Lobelia.
Indian
turnip (Bot.),
An American plant of the genus Aris[ae]ma. Aris[ae]ma triphyllum has a
wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very
acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and Wake-robin.
Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.
Indian yellow. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium.
Indian yellow. (b) See Euxanthin.