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Bureau of Labor Statistics |
a research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor that collects and compiles statistical information, providing such measures as Consumer Price Index, inflation rate, and unemployment rate. |
card file |
a shallow, usu. small box or drawer for index cards. [1/2 definitions] |
cephalic index |
the ratio of the greatest width of a human head to its greatest length, multiplied by one hundred; cranial index. |
commodity dollar |
a proposed unit of currency whose value would vary according to an official index of key commodity prices. |
concordance |
an alphabetical index of all the main words in a book or in the entire work of an author, listing the contexts in which each word occurs and giving page references for each occurrence. [1/2 definitions] |
CPI |
abbreviation of "consumer price index." |
cross reference |
a reference from one part of a book, index, or file to another part containing additional or related information. |
directory |
an index of names, locations, and often other data, such as a listing of telephone subscribers' names, addresses, and telephone numbers, or a listing of building occupants and their room numbers. [1/4 definitions] |
Dow Jones industrial average |
trademark for the index of prices of thirty industrial stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and averaged daily. |
fiche |
a sheet of microfilm, resembling an index card in size, that can contain many pages of printed text in reduced size; microfiche. |
first finger |
the finger next to the thumb; forefinger; index finger. |
forefinger |
the finger next to the thumb; index finger. |
forkball |
in baseball, a fastball that curves as it nears the plate, thrown with the middle and index fingers spread apart. |
index |
to make an index for (a book). [2/10 definitions] |
indexation |
the automatic adjustment of wages, prices, interest rates, or other economic factors to a cost-of-living index. |
indicate |
to signify or serve as a token, index, or sign. [1/3 definitions] |
indices |
a plural form of index. |
polarimeter |
an instrument for measuring the optical activity or refractive index of substances, esp. liquids. [1/2 definitions] |
schlieren |
streaks or regions of a translucent medium, such as a gas or fluid, that differ from the main mass in density and index of refraction. [1/2 definitions] |
subindex |
an index to a subdivision of a main or larger category. [1/2 definitions] |
trigger finger |
the finger used to pull the trigger of a gun, usu. the index finger. |
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