thumb index

Definitions

Information & Library Science

• noun a method of indexing used especially for dictionaries and diaries, where rounded holes are cut into the foredge of a book, allowing a thumb to be placed in the hole and the book to be opened at the correct page quickly
• verb
  (written as thumb-index)
  to provide a book with a thumb index

Media Studies

• noun a series of labelled indentations cut into the pages of a book down the edge opposite the binding to allow a particular section to be located quickly

Nearby Definitions of “thumb index”

• thrust bearing
• thrust stage
• thug
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• thumb index
• thumbnail
• thumbscrew
• thumbwheel switch
• thump
• thunder

Contexts for “thumb index”

3 definitions in context
• Information & Library Science
• Media Studies