indicant

/ˈɪndəkənt/

Other forms: indicants

Definitions of indicant

1. noun

   something that serves to indicate or suggest
   “symptoms are the prime indicants of disease”

   synonyms: indication

   types:

   gesture

   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

   bellwether

   a predictor or indicator of future trends

   type of:

   communication

   something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
2. noun

   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

   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