indexibleadj.
/ˈɪndɛksᵻb(ə)l//ɪnˈdɛksᵻb(ə)l/ Capable of being indexed.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > indexed
indexible1951
indexed1957
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > [adjective] > capable of being indexed
indexible1951
society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [adjective] > capable of being indexed
indexible1951
1951 Industrial Equipm. News Dec. 100 (caption) Indexable Kennametal tip has 4 cutting edges.
1959 C. V. L. Smith Electronic Digital Computers ii. 45 Most type B instructions are ‘indexable’. This means that, when any such instruction is executed, the address actually referred to is the address given decreased by the contents of the index register specified by the tag bits.
1966 C. J. Sippl Computer Dict. & Handbk. 145/2 Index register... Used with indexible instruction addresses during execution.
1971 Computers & Humanities 6 68 By ‘indexible’ we mean [to denote] a character string that..is likely to be used as a criterion for selective retrieval and/or sorting.
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adj.1951- hand something to a person on a silver platter
- hand something to on a plate
- hand span
- hand specimen
- hand spectroscope
- hand stitch
- hand stripe
- hand table
- hand taut
- hand telescope
- hand tennis
- hand the mitten
- hand the saw
- hand thinning
- hand timber
- hand to a person on a plate
- hand to fist
- hand to hand
- hand to mouth
- hand to on a plate
- hand toil
- hand tool
- hand touch
- hand towel
- hand traverse