English > indicant: 2 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | Something that serves to indicate or suggest. |
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| Example | "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" |
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| Synonym | indication |
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| Narrower | evidence | An indication that makes something evident / evident |
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| gesture | Something done as an indication of intention |
| glimpse | A vague indication |
| harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor | Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
| hint, clue | A slight indication |
| 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 |
| pointing out | indication by demonstration |
| signalization, signalisation | A conspicuous indication |
| smoke | An indication of some hidden / hidden activity |
| symptom | Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence |
| trace, vestige, tincture, shadow | An indication that something has been present |
| Broader | communication | Something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
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| Spanish | indicación, indicant, índice, indicio |
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| Catalan | indicació, indicant, indici |
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| Verbs | indicate | be a signal for or a symptom of |
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| indicate | give evidence of |
English > indicant: 2 senses > noun 2, communication| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | index, index number, indicator |
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| Narrower | body mass index, BMI | A measure of someone's weight in relation to height |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Broader | fact | A statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened / happened |
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| Spanish | indicador, indicador numérico, indicant, índice, índice numérico |
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| Catalan | índex, índex numèric, indicador, indicador numèric, indicant |
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