{
  "id": "index.reference",
  "term": "index",
  "sense": "reference",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 12,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "index",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a name that points to a part in a list",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "name.identifier",
      "list.ordered",
      "points.location",
      "part.relation"
    ],
    "interaction": "The name points to a part in the list and establishes a link.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "referential access",
      "structured addressing",
      "persistent linkage"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In Python, the variable 'i' in 'for i in range(10)' refers to each integer from 0 to 9 during iteration.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Dewey Decimal number 598.094 on a library book spine points to its position in the bird literature section.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "In the Apollo 11 checklist, 'PGNCS AUTO' is step 37 in the descent sequence to the Moon.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [
    "reference.citation"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "index",
    "indexed",
    "indexes",
    "indexing"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added 'part.relation' to components — essential for 'part in a list' but missing. Removed speculative 'point-of-no-return.irreversible' — not constitutive. Definition and interaction remain accurate a"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-index.reference"
}