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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">thumb indexes</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>gathered matter components</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>cut-in indexes</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cuts, thumb</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>gouge indexes</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>indexes, cut-in</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>indexes, gouge</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>indexes, thumb</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>thumb cuts</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>thumb index</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>thumb-indexes</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Series of rounded notches cut into the fore edges of books and marked to direct the reader to sections of the text. ]]></note></mads>