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Index vs Quotient - What's the difference?

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In mathematics terms the difference between index and quotient

is that index is a raised suffix indicating a power while quotient is by analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.

As nouns the difference between index and quotient

is that index is an alphabetical listing of items and their location while quotient is the number resulting from the division of one number by another.

As a verb index

is to arrange an index for something, especially a long text.

As a proper noun Index

is a town in Washington.

index

English

(wikipedia index)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
    • The index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
  • The index finger; the forefinger.
  • A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
  • (printing) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
  • That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of plants.
  • A sign; an indication; a token.
  • * Robert Louis Stevenson
    • His son's empty guffaws struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.
  • (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context. E.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
  • (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
  • (science) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
  • (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
  • (programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
  • (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
  • (obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (index finger) arrow-finger, demonstrator, forefinger, index finger, insignitor, lickpot, pointling, showing finger, teacher * See also

    Derived terms

    * index locorum * index nominum * index rerum * index term * index verborum * indexic * indexical * indexless * price index * refractive index

    Related terms

    * indicate * indicator * indication * indicia

    References

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    See also

    * (alphabetical listing) table of contents

    Verb

    (es)
  • To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
  • To inventory, to take stock.

    • Derived terms

    * indexer

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    quotient

    English

    (wikipedia quotient)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another.
    • The quotient of 12 divided by 4 is 3.
  • (mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
  • (obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota.

    • Derived terms

    * intelligence quotient * quotient group

    Related terms

    * quotientive * quotiety

    See also

    Other terms used in elementary arithmetic: * addition: *: (augend) + (addend) = (total) * subtraction: *: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: *: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product) * division: *: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient) *:: Or sometimes = (quotient) + (remainder) * summation *: (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum) * factorisation *: (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

    Anagrams

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