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DEFINITIONS OF: indicant

n something that serves to indicate or suggest

“symptoms are the prime indicants of disease”

Synonyms:: indication

Examples:: Domesday Book
record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror; Combined DNA Index System
the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Parallel Lives
a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays

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something done as an indication of intention; evidence
an indication that makes something evident; shadow, tincture, trace, vestige
an indication that something has been present; symptom
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence; signalisation, signalization
a conspicuous indication; pointing out
indication by demonstration; manifestation
a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; mark, print
a visible indication made on a surface; glimpse
a vague indication; forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone; clue, hint
a slight indication; smoke
an indication of some hidden activity; beau geste
a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture; smoking gun
indisputable evidence (especially of a crime); clew, clue, cue
evidence that helps to solve a problem; fingerprint
a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations; footmark, footprint, step
a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; footprint evidence
evidence in the form of footprints; footprint
a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; trace
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle; record
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; testimonial, testimony
something that serves as evidence; argument, statement
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; attestation
the evidence by which something is attested; mintmark
a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced; stroke
a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; hoof mark, hoof-mark, hoofprint
a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal; line
a mark that is long relative to its width; identification
evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing; line
in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

Type of:: communication
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

n 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

Synonyms:: index, index number, indicator

Examples:: Dow-Jones Industrial Average
an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Standard and Poor's Index
a broadly based stock market index

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; BMI, body mass index
a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30; business index
a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions; leading indicator
one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future; price index, price level
an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time; short account
the aggregate of short sales on an open market; stock index, stock market index
index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks; retail price index
an index of changes in retail prices; producer price index, wholesale price index
an index of changes in wholesale prices; CPI, consumer price index, cost-of-living index
an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

Type of:: fact
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened

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