noun
1. something that serves to indicate or suggest
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an indication of foul play
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indications of strain
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symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
• Syn: ↑indication
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indicate, ↑indicate (for: ↑indication)
• Hypernyms: ↑communication
• Hyponyms:
↑gesture, ↑evidence, ↑trace, ↑vestige, ↑tincture, ↑shadow, ↑symptom, ↑signalization, ↑signalisation, ↑pointing out, ↑manifestation, ↑mark, ↑print, ↑glimpse, ↑harbinger, ↑forerunner, ↑predecessor, ↑herald, ↑precursor, ↑hint, ↑clue, ↑smoke
2. a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
• Syn: ↑index, ↑index number, ↑indicator
• Hypernyms: ↑fact
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.