Indices
Meaning of Indices
More than one index; a set of measures.
ما معنى كلمة Indices بالعربي؟
مؤشرات / فهارس
📊📈 مؤشرات / فهارس جمع index؛ مقاييس رقمية لتتبّع الاتجاهات والمقارنة؛ قوائم مرجعية أو قيم تدل على الأداء والترتيب 📋✨
قصة GL: جمع نايف العيسى مؤشرات HBDNF وHBNGF في لوحة واحدة — الأرقام صارت بوصلة لا تخمين، ومع ارتفاع HBDNF بنسبة 88.77% أثبتت المؤشرات أن بروتوكول الـ43 يوم يُقاس ولا يُتخيّل فقط 🌟
Synonyms & related words
Indices in a sentence
Indices of recall and attention were combined.
Market indices rose this quarter.
Indices of patents are published yearly.
Students use indices in algebra, such as powers.
Origin of Indices
Latin plural of index.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, indices is the formal plural of index. GL reports combine indices into clear dashboards.
Indices audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "indices" — a noun, pronounced /ˈɪndɪsiːz/, with the stress on the first syllable — the Latin plural of "index".
Narrator: Indices are multiple indexes — pointers, indicators, or reference lists — in maths, finance, statistics, and databases.
Narrator: In plain English, wherever one index points to something, several of them are indices — stock market indices, economic indices, database indices.
Narrator: In mathematics, indices are the small raised powers — two to the index three is two cubed, eight.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin "index", the forefinger or pointer — from "indicare", to point out — and "indices" is its original Latin plural.
Narrator: English kept both plurals: "indexes" for the lists at the backs of books, "indices" for the technical worlds of maths, money, and data.
Narrator: Finance made it famous — the FTSE and S&P are indices tracking whole markets in a single number.
Narrator: In tone it is formal and technical — the plural that signals you know your Latin, and your spreadsheets.
Narrator: So remember: indices are many pointers — the fingers of maths, markets, and databases, all pointing at once.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: My daughter's maths homework says "simplify using the laws of indices" — and I had to secretly look up what indices even were!
Speaker B: Indices! The plural of index — in maths, the little raised powers. Two to the index four is sixteen.
Speaker A: That's what I rediscovered at ten p.m.! "When multiplying, add the indices" — it did come flooding back eventually.
Speaker B: Ha, it always does. And the word works far beyond maths — the news says "global stock indices fell sharply" almost weekly.
Speaker A: True — the FTSE, the Dow — each one an index, together indices. And "economic indices" like inflation and unemployment.
Speaker B: Exactly — many pointers, each tracking something big with one number. A common mix-up, though, is "indices" versus "indexes" — both are correct plurals!
Speaker A: Really? I thought "indexes" was an error!
Speaker B: Not at all — "indexes" for the back-of-book lists, "indices" for maths, finance, and technical contexts. English kept both, generously.
Speaker A: Very diplomatic of English! And pronunciation — "IN-di-seez", not "in-DYE-sees".
Speaker B: Right. From Latin "index", the pointing finger — so indices are literally many fingers pointing.
Speaker A: A learned plural, pointing everywhere at once.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "indices" in AI prompts for databases and dashboards — the exact word for fast lookups and tracked metrics.
Speaker A: So indices in a prompt covers both database speed and market-style numbers?
Speaker B: Exactly. For performance, you'd write:
Prompt: Review my database and recommend indices — analyse my slowest queries, then propose indices on the columns they filter and sort by. Explain the cost of each index on writes, so I speed up reads without bloating inserts.
Speaker B: The word "indices" speaks the database's native language — the model audits like a DBA.
Speaker A: Clear and fast. What about composite ones?
Speaker B: Try this:
Prompt: Design composite indices for my orders table — queries always filter by customer and date range together. Show the right column order inside each index and prove the gain with a query plan, so the choice is measured, not guessed.
Speaker A: So the indices match the real query shapes.
Speaker B: Right. For dashboards:
Prompt: Build a business health dashboard with three custom indices — combine revenue, churn, and support load into single scores from zero to one hundred. Show each index as a gauge with its trend, so one glance reads the whole company.
Speaker A: Our own FTSE for the business! What about cleanup?
Speaker B: Here you go:
Prompt: Audit my database for useless indices — find ones never used by any query and duplicates covered by other indices. List each with its size and last use, so I drop dead weight and speed up every write.
Speaker A: Could indices guide search features too?
Speaker B: Absolutely:
Prompt: Add full-text search to my articles — build the right indices for title and body, with results ranked by relevance and recency. Keep the indices updated on every edit, so search never serves stale pages.
Speaker A: So "indices" means fast pointers in the database and telling numbers on the dashboard.
Speaker B: Exactly — a Latin plural that makes queries fly and metrics speak.
Frequently asked questions about Indices
What does Indices mean?
More than one index; a set of measures.
ما معنى كلمة Indices بالعربي؟
مؤشرات / فهارس — 📊📈 مؤشرات / فهارس جمع index؛ مقاييس رقمية لتتبّع الاتجاهات والمقارنة؛ قوائم مرجعية أو قيم تدل على الأداء والترتيب 📋✨
How do you pronounce Indices?
Indices is pronounced /ˈɪndɪsiːz/ and is used as a noun (plural).
How is Indices used in a sentence?
Indices of recall and attention were combined.
What are synonyms of Indices?
indexes, measures, indicators, lists, registers, exponents.