index
/ˈɪn·deks/ n [C] (plural indexes /ˈɪnˌdek·səz/ or indices /ˈɪn·dəˌsiz/) (LIST)Definition
› writing an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing on which page a name or subject appears, or computer information ordered in a particular way: If you want to find the place in the text that Henry James is mentioned, look it up in the index.
(Definition of index n (LIST) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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