Index may refer to:

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  • Index (retailer), a defunct UK catalogue retailer formerly owned by the Littlewoods group and known as Littlewoods Index
  • INDEX, a market research fair in Lucknow, India
  • Index fund, a collective investment scheme
  • Stock market index, a statistical average of prices of securities

Publishing [link]

Sciences [link]

Biological sciences [link]

  • Diversity index – a quantitative measure that increases when the number of types into which a set of entities has been classified increases, and obtains its maximum value for a given number of types when all types are represented by the same number of entities

Computer science [link]

Economics [link]

  • Index (economics), a single number calculated from an array of prices and quantities
    • Price index, a typical price for some good or service

Geography [link]

Library and information science [link]

Linguistics [link]

  • Indexicality, the variation of meaning of an utterance according to certain features of the context in which it is uttered

Mathematics [link]

  • A number or other symbol that indicates the location of a variable in an indexed family or set such as a list or array of numbers or other mathematical objects, usually written as a subscript to the variable; e.g. in the list Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): \lbrace x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4\rbrace

, the number Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): 3

is the index of the third element, Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): x_3

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Algebra [link]

  • Exponent
  • The degree of an nth root
  • Index of a subgroup, the number of a subgroup's left cosets (which is equal to the number of its right cosets)
  • Index of a linear map, the dimension of the map's kernel minus the dimension of its cokernel
  • The index of a real quadratic form Q is defined (but not always consistently) as pq where Q can be written as a difference of p squared linear terms and q squared linear terms.

Analysis [link]

  • The winding number of an oriented closed curve on a surface relative to a point on that surface; loosely speaking, the number of times the curve goes around the point counter-clockwise
  • The index of a vector field v at an isolated zero is the degree of the map Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): x^a \mapsto \frac{v^a(x)}{\sqrt{\sum_b(v^b(x))^2}}

, taking points near the zero into the unit sphere.

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Mechanics [link]

  • Indexing (motion), a kind of motion in many areas of mechanical engineering and machining

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Database index

A database index is a data structure that improves the speed of data retrieval operations on a database table at the cost of additional writes and storage space to maintain the index data structure. Indexes are used to quickly locate data without having to search every row in a database table every time a database table is accessed. Indexes can be created using one or more columns of a database table, providing the basis for both rapid random lookups and efficient access of ordered records.

An index is a copy of select columns of data from a table that can be searched very efficiently that also includes a low-level disk block address or direct link to the complete row of data it was copied from. Some databases extend the power of indexing by letting developers create indices on functions or expressions. For example, an index could be created on upper(last_name), which would only store the upper case versions of the last_name field in the index. Another option sometimes supported is the use of partial indices, where index entries are created only for those records that satisfy some conditional expression. A further aspect of flexibility is to permit indexing on user-defined functions, as well as expressions formed from an assortment of built-in functions.

Index (statistics)

In statistics and research design, an index is a composite statistic – a measure of changes in a representative group of individual data points, or in other words, a compound measure that aggregates multiple indicators. Indexes summarize and rank specific observations.

Much data in the field of social sciences is represented in various indices such as Gender Gap Index, Human Development Index or the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Item in indexes are usually weighted equally, unless there are some reasons against it (for example, if two items reflect essentially the same aspect of a variable, they could have a weight of 0.5 each).

Constructing the items involves four steps. First, items should be selected based on their face validity, unidimensionality, the degree of specificity in which a dimension is to be measured, and their amount of variance. Items should be empirically related to one another, which leads to the second step of examining their multivariate relationships. Third, indexes scores are designed, which involves determining their score ranges and weights for the items. Finally, indexes should be validateds, which involves testing whether they can predict indicators related to the measured variable not used in their construction.

Mekon

Mekon may refer to:

  • The Mekon, ruler of the Treens in the Dan Dare stories
  • The Mekons (band), a British punk rock band
  • Mekon, one of the recording names of John "Zos Kia" Gosling, English rock musician
  • The river Mekong (as an alternative spelling)
  • See also

  • Mecon (disambiguation)
  • Mambo (Azúcar Moreno album)

    Mambo is the fifth studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno, released on CBS-Epic in 1991.

    The duo's two previous studio albums Carne De Melocotón and Bandido had resulted in the release of two remix albums, Mix in Spain and The Sugar Mix Album. Mambo was their first studio album on which the influences from contemporary dance music genres like house music, R&B and hip hop were fully integrated in the original production; the track "Feria" even saw the sisters making their debut as rappers. The album was also the first not to be entirely recorded in Spain or predominantly produced by their longtime collaborator Julio Palacios - it had no less than ten producers.

    The lead single "Torero!", although as typically flamenco-flavoured as their international breakthrough single "Bandido", was in fact written and produced by Englishmen Nick Fisher and Garry Hughes and German Zeus B. Held and was recorded in London. Fisher and Hughes have since gone on to collaborate with numerous artists in the electronica/experimental/world music genres under the moniker Echo System, including Björk, The Shamen, Salif Keita, Garbage and Pop Will Eat Itself. "Torero!" was in 1992 covered in Turkish under the title "Yetti Artik" ("That's it" in Turkish) by Tarkan, one of Turkey's biggest stars both domestically and internationally. The song was included on his debut album Yine Sensiz ("Again without you" in Turkish).

    Mambo (music)

    Mambo is a musical form and dance style that developed originally in Cuba, with further significant developments by Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians in Mexico and the USA. The word "mambo" means "conversation with the gods" in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba.

    History

    Modern mambo began with a song called "Mambo" written in 1938 by brothers Orestes and Cachao López. The song was a danzón, a dance form descended from European social dances like the English country dance, French contredanse, and Spanish contradanza. It was backed by rhythms derived from African folk music.

    Origins (Contradanza and charanga)

    Contradanza arrived in Cuba in the 18th century, where it became known as danza and grew very popular. The arrival of black Haitians later that century changed the face of contradanza, adding a syncopation called cinquillo (which is also found in another contradanza-derivative, Argentine tango).

    By the end of the 19th century, contradanza had grown lively and energetic, unlike its European counterpart, and was then known as danzón. The 1877 song "Las alturas de Simpson" was one of many tunes that created a wave of popularity for danzón. One part of the danzón was a coda which became improvised over time. The bands then were brass (orquestra tipica), but was followed by smaller groups called charangas.

    Mambo (Vodou)

    Mambo is the term for a female (as opposed to the Houngan, or male) High Priest in the Vodou religion in Haiti.

    Mambo are the highest form of clergy in the religion, whose responsibility it is to preserve the rituals and songs and maintain the relationship between the spirits and the community as a whole (though some of this is the responsibility of the whole community as well). They are entrusted with leading the service of all of the spirits of their lineage.

    There are two ranks of mambo, mambo asogwe (high priestess) and mambo sur pwen / mambo sur point ("junior priestess"). A mambo asogwe is the highest member of clergy in vodou; she is the only one with authority to ordain other priests.

    References

    External links

  • Vodoureligion.com

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