The Dow and the Nikkei

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes , L. Indices (?). [L.: cf. F. index. See Indicate , Diction .] 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. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular index nodot=1) (gloss: when used in the sense of a key to locate an element in a list, vector or matrix in computing or mathematics)