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indices

/ˈɪndɪˌsiz/

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What does indices mean?

noun

  1. plural of index

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/ˈɪndɪˌsiz/

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But they must then serve only as indices, they must only suggest: “perhaps the case is the same to-day.”
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
In Table C I give particulars of three head indices of 83 crania, of which the history is known in each case.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
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For one of the surest indices of true culture, whether professedly literary or not, is the power to express one's self in precise, rhythmical, and dignified language.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
Rather, under the conditions prevailing in modern society, child labor and the failure of the public schools to educate are both indices of a more deeply rooted evil.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
From this habit of making indices, he was enabled to give the astonishing number of references on all sorts of subjects, which may be found in his ‘History of Civilisation.’
Charles DarwinThe Autobiography of Charles DarwinProject Gutenberg ebook #2010