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Definition of Indicant
1. Noun. Something that serves to indicate or suggest. "Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
Generic synonyms: Communication
Specialized synonyms: Gesture, Evidence, Shadow, Tincture, Trace, Vestige, Symptom, Signalisation, Signalization, Pointing Out, Manifestation, Mark, Print, Glimpse, Forerunner, Harbinger, Herald, Precursor, Predecessor, Clue, Hint, Smoke
Derivative terms: Indicate, Indicate, Indicate, Indicate
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.
Generic synonyms: Fact
Specialized synonyms: Bmi, Body Mass Index, Business Index, Leading Indicator, Price Index, Price Level, Short Account, Stock Index, Stock Market Index
Definition of Indicant
1. a. Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
2. n. That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease.
Definition of Indicant
1. Noun. That which indicates or points out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indicant
1. something that indicates [n -S]
Medical Definition of Indicant
1. That which indicates or points out; as, an indicant of the remedy for a disease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indicant
Literary usage of Indicant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"... clarius indicant Laudes quam Calabre Pierides*." The historical poems of Ennius
appear to have been written without the introduction of much machinery ..."
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