Definition of indexing Indexing

/ɪˈndɛksɪŋ/ - [indeksing] -

We found 6 definitions of indexing from 5 different sources.

What does indexing mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: indexings

indexing - the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve

assortment, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, categorisation, categorization, classification a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

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Wiktionary

indexing (Noun)
A system used to assign indexes.
indexing (Verb)
Present participle of index.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

indexing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Index

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

indexing
Assignment of index terms to documents or objects with the aim to be able later on to retrieve the documents or objects according to the selected concepts designated by the index terms (essentially, descriptors).