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Definition: Index Finger |
Index FingerNoun1. The finger next to the thumb. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Index FingerSynonyms: forefinger (n), index (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Index Finger |
| English words defined with "index finger": Finger post, fingerboard, fingerpost ♦ middle finger. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "index finger": golf arm ♦ LEASE PICKER, LINKER, Little-Endians ♦ milkers'hands ♦ sausage linker. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A patient learning thermal biofeedback wears a device which transmits the temperature of an index finger or hand to a monitor. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
index finger | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "index finger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سبابة إصبع (forefinger), السبابة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ukazováèek (forefinger, long finger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | index (index, menu), pegefinger (index), digitus demonstrativus (index). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | index (index, marker), wijsvinger (index), digitus demonstrativus (index). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | index (completed index, index, indicator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zeigefinger (forefinger), Digitus demonstrativus (index). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δείκτης (flying bar, hand, index, indicating device, indicator, marker, pointer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mutatóujj (forefinger, index, index-finger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tunjuk (show something), tuding. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indice (forefinger, index, indication, indice, pointer, rate, ratio, register, rule, schedule, subscript, summary, superscript, table). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 食指 (forefinger), 人指し指 , 人差指 , 人差し指 , 人差し . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょくし (forefinger), ひとさしゆび, ひとさし (a dance, a game or match). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | corrag (bundle of osiers, knob, switch, V-sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indexay ingerfay classificar (assort, catalog, catalogue, categorize, class, classify, docket, grade, group of children, label, letter, pigeonhole, range, rank, rate, refer, size, sort, staple, subsume, tabulate). (various references) deget arãtãtor (forefinger). (various references) указательный палец (forefinger, index). (various references) kažiprst (forefinger). (various references) dedo índice (forefinger, index). (various references) pekfinger (first finger, forefinger). (various references) işaret parmağı (forefinger). (various references) ngón tay trỏ (forefinger). (various references) mynegfys (forefinger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-g-i-i-n-n-r-x" | |
-1 letter: redefining, reindexing. | |
-2 letters: friending, infringed, refinding. | |
-3 letters: defining, fingered, indexing, indigene, infringe, nidering, refining, refixing. | |
-4 letters: definer, deifier, dingier, dreeing, edifier, energid, engined, feeding, feigned, feigner, fending, finding, finnier, freeing, fringed, ginnier, grinned, indexer, indigen, infixed, needing, reeding, reefing, refined, refixed, reified, reigned, reindex, reining, rending. | |
-5 letters: defier, define, denier, dieing, dinger, dining, dinner, edgier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 65 78 46 69 6E 67 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01111000 00100000 01000110 01101001 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d e x   F i n g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0065 0078 0046 0069 006E 0067 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43807071902407580737184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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