cross index


noun
  1. a note or group of notes referring the reader to material elsewhere.

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cross-index
[ kraws-in-deks, kros- ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.

verb (used without object)
  1. to refer by a note or indication of location to related material, as in an index, book, or article; contain cross references:Footnotes cross-index to the appendix and bibliography.

Origin of cross-index

2
First recorded in 1890–95

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British Dictionary definitions for cross-index

cross-index

noun
  1. a note or notes referring the reader to other material

verb
  1. (intr) (of a note in a book) to refer to related material

  2. to provide or be provided with cross-indexes

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