'Indication' definitions:
Definition of 'indication'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" [syn: indication, indicant]
noun
The act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: indication, denotation]
noun
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" [ant: contraindication]
noun
Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"
noun
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" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication]
Definition of 'Indication'
From: GCIDE
- Indication \In`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Act of pointing out or indicating. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. [1913 Webster]
- The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Discovery made; information. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Opposite of contraindication.
- Syn: Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indication'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Indication'
- Indical,
- Indicant,
- Indicate,
- Indicated,
- Indicating,
- Indicative,
- Indicatively,
- Indicator,
- Indice,
- Indices,
- Indicible,
- indic,
- Counter indication,
- Fare indicator,
- Indicated power,
- Indicative mood,
- Indicator card,
- Indicator diagram,
- Indicator telegraph,
- Speed indicator,
- Torsion indicator,
- absorption indicator,
- flight indicator,
- fuel indicator,
- indicator lamp,
- leading indicator,
- theory of indicators,
- turn indicator,
- Indicated horse power,
- Low water indicator,
- indicative significative suggestive,
- ostwald's theory of indicators,
- acid-base indicator,
- oxidation-reduction indicator