Indication

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indication \In`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. indicatio: cf. F.
     indication.]
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     1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
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     2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token;
        sign; symptom; evidence.
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              The frequent stops they make in the most convenient
              places are plain indications of their weariness.
                                                    --Addison.
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     3. Discovery made; information. --Bentley.
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     4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indication
       n 1: something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication
            of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are
            the prime indicants of disease" [syn: {indicant}]
       2: the act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: {denotation}]
       3: (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}]
       4: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as
          expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it
          was time to leave"
       5: 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  109 Moby Thesaurus words for "indication":
     Christophany, Satanophany, adumbration, angelophany, appearance,
     augury, auspice, avatar, basis for belief, betokening, betokenment,
     body of evidence, broad hint, chain of evidence, 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, scent, shadow, sign, signal,
     significant, signs, soothsay, spoor, suggestion, suspicion,
     symptom, telltale, theophany, token, tokening, track, type,
     warning, whisper, wind, wink