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Indication

Indication Meaning & Definition
Indication Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indication?

[n] a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
[n] something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"
[n] something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
[n] (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
[n] the act of indicating or pointing out by name

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indication: denotation | indicant | meter reading | reading

Related Terms | Find terms related to Indication: adumbration | angelophany | appearance | augury | auspice | avatar | basis for belief | betokening | betokenment | body of evidence | broad hint | chain of evidence | Christophany | clue | clues | cue | data | datum | degree | disclosure | dissemination | documentation | embodiment | epiphany | evidence | evincement | exhibit | expression | fact | facts | foreshadow | foreshadowing | foreshowing | foretoken | foretokening | forewarning | gentle hint | gesture | glimmer | glimmering | grounds | grounds for belief | hint | implication | incarnation | index | indicant | indications | inkling | innuendo | insinuation | intimation | item of evidence | kick | look | manifestation | mark | material grounds | materialization | measure | muniments | mute witness | nod | notion | nudge | omen | piece of evidence | pneumatophany | portent | prefiguration | preindication | premises | premonitory shiver | premonitory sign | premonitory symptom | presignifying | prognostic | prognostication | promise | prompt | proof | publication | reading | reason to believe | relevant fact | reminder | revelation | Satanophany | scent | shadow | sign | signal | significant | signs | soothsay | spoor | suggestion | suspicion | symptom | telltale | theophany | token | tokening | track | type | warning | whisper | wind | wink

See Also | advice | clock time | clue | communication | data point | datum | evidence | forerunner | gesture | glimpse | harbinger | herald | hint | manifestation | mark | miles per hour | mph | naming | pointing out | precursor | reason | signalisation | signalization | smoke | symptom | time

Indication In Webster's Dictionary

\In`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.] 1. Act of pointing out or indicating. 2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. --Addison. 3. Discovery made; information. --Bentley. 4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] --Bacon. 5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Syn: Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal.

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