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* 1972 , American Society for Metals, Materials Science and Engineering , volumes 9–10,
* 1976 , Sidney Heath, The Romance of Symbolism and Its Relation to Church Ornament and Architecture ,
* 1989 , TAPPI Journal , volume 72,
* 1999 , Institute of Oriental Studies of the Saint-Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research , volume 5,
* 2000 , Russian Language Journal , volume 54, issues 177–179,
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun indices
is .As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.indices
English
Noun
(head)- The subscript numbers after each element are the indices of that element.
- A common convention in computing is to have indices''' beginning at zero, whereas in mathematics '''indices usually begin at one.
page 67(Elsevier Sequoia)
- To locate any term, and to facilitate use of the dictionary by a national of any of the three languages, alphabetical indices are appended in English, French and German.
page 98(Gale Research Co.; ISBN 0810343029, 9780810343023)
- Perhaps the feature which most contributes to making this a valuable reference book is the appendices and indices which are an integral part of the guide.
page 204(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry)
- Alphabetical indices of the terms in the other languages are given at the end of the book.
page 71(THESA)
- The dictionary’s four indices are helpful when searching terms. These are: Hanyu Pinyin System Index; Four-Corner System Index; Radical Index; and Japanese Reading System Index.
page 295(Michigan State University, Department of German & Russian)
- Its word indices makes(sic) finding individual words easy.
Usage notes
* Both plurals are in common use. The OED claims that when referring to a directory listing, the plural indexes should be used.Anagrams
* ----undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .